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In India, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad boast a number of Irani cafés, which are very popular for Irani chai (tea). [4] [5] In the 1950s, there were 350 Irani cafés in Mumbai; only 25 remained in the city as of 2005. [1] Meanwhile, in Hyderabad, it is estimated that the number of Irani cafés has shrunk from 450 in the 2000s to 125 in 2024. [6]
The Leopold Cafe was founded in 1871 by Iranis (a term used for Zoroastrians in Mumbai who arrived in India in the 19th century, as opposed to "Parsis") and named after King Leopold of the Belgians. These Zoroastrian Iranians came to India in the late 19th and early 20th century, and many of them opened restaurants now often termed Irani cafés ...
Doodh pati chai, literally 'milk and tea leaves', a tea beverage drunk in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh; Teh tarik, a kind of milk tea popular in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore; Suutei tsai, a salty Mongolian milk tea; Shahi Adani, a Yemeni milk tea; Masala chai, also known as masala tea, is a spiced milk tea drunk in the Indian ...
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The Iranis (Persian: ایرانی; meaning Iranian) are an ethno-religious community in the Indian subcontinent; they descend from the Zoroastrians who emigrated from Qajar-era Iran to British India in the 19th and 20th centuries. [1]
Ballard Estate was named for Colonel J. A. Ballard, a founder of the Mumbai Port Trust, which constructed the port and Ballard Pier. [3] George Wittet designed the buildings for the business district, imposing a uniformity of style and design through the use of European Renaissance facades. [ 4 ]
The mosques was built in 1860, with the support of Haji Mohammed Husain Shirazi, a prominent Iranian businessman who was living in Mumbai. [2] Built in an Iranian Qajar style, the exterior is embellished with coloured tiles. The carpets and chandeliers in the mosque interior were imported from Iran. Verses from the Quran are inscribed on the ...
Matunga was among the first well planned localities of Mumbai. The Dadar-Matunga-Wadala-Sion plan of 1899-1900 was formulated to evenly distribute population as well as provide better living standards. [3] Matunga has a juxtaposition of Irani cafes and Udupis and houses one of the oldest residents of Mumbai. [4] [5] [6]