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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (IATA: BOM, ICAO: VABB) is the international airport serving Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra.It is the second busiest airport in India in terms of total and international passenger traffic after Delhi, and was the ninth busiest airport in Asia and 25th busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic in fiscal year 2023 ...
Mumbai's Lower Parel skyline The skyline of Worli and Dadar as viewed from Bandra Mumbai's skyline across Back Bay. Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of India, has the highest number of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings in India. More than 200 skyscrapers and 4,000 [1] high-rise buildings have already been constructed in the city ...
It was founded in 1928 as one of India's first civil aviation airport, [2] 4 years after the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport was opened [3] In 1932, JRD Tata landed at the Juhu Aerodrome, inaugurating India's first scheduled commercial mail service.
Navi Mumbai International Airport (IATA: NMI, ICAO: VANM) is an international airport being constructed in Ulwe, Navi Mumbai, Raigad district, Maharashtra, India. When completed, it will become the second airport of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region , serving alongside Mumbai 's existing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport .
Watson's Hotel, currently known as the Esplanade Mansion, is located in the Kala Ghoda area of Mumbai and is India's oldest surviving cast iron building. [11] It was named after its original owner John Watson and designed by civil engineer Rowland Mason Ordish, who was also associated with the St Pancras Station in London.
Perhaps the world's oldest timber-frame building. [139] Hōryū-ji: Nara, Japan: 670 CE Buddhist Temple Oldest wooden building still standing. [140] Nanchan Temple: Wutai, China: 782 CE Buddhist Temple Its Great Buddha Hall is currently China's oldest extant timber building. Greensted Church: United Kingdom c. 1053 CE Church
It was the primary landing ground for the nearby city of Bombay (now Mumbai) as early as 1920, much before the airfields of Juhu and RAF Santa Cruz were established. [2] As a Royal Air Force station during World War II in British India , the airfield served as RAF Kalyan from 1942 to 1947 and was abandoned after the war.
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