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The Old Woman's Island, also known as Little Colaba is one of the seven islands composing the city of Mumbai, India, and part of the historic Old Mumbai. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Colaba Causeway built in 1838, connected this last island to the mainland of Mumbai, along with the island of Colaba .
The area that is now Colaba was originally a region consisting of two islands: Colaba and Little Colaba (or Old Woman's Island). The island of Colaba was one of the Seven Islands of Mumbai ruled by the Portuguese. The Portuguese had acquired these lands from the Sultanate of Cambay by the Treaty of Vasai (1534).
The Causeway as it is known to the locals, was constructed by the British East India Company, during the tenure of Sir Robert Grant (1779–1838) as the governor of Bombay (1835–1838), [5] and its construction completed in 1838, which used the Old Woman's Island as a part of it; [6] [7] with this the last two islands of Colaba and Old Woman's ...
The resulting island of Bombay was later merged with the nearby islands of Trombay and Salsette that lay to its north-east and north respectively to form Greater Bombay. These islands now constitute the southern part of the city of Bombay (Mumbai). The original seven islands handed over to England were as follows: Colaba
The region today called Navy Nagar originally consisted of an uninhabited island called "Old Woman's Island" (a distorsion of its older native name "Al Omani"), mostly covered with forests. [3] In 1743, the island of Colaba was leased to a British man called Richard Broughton at a sum of Rs. 200 per annum, a lease that was renewed in 1764.
The island of Colaba and the Old Woman's Island lay to the south of Bombay isle. [2] In the eighteenth century, the isle was merged with its neighbouring landmasses of Worli (in 1784 by the building of the Hornby Vellard) and with Colaba Island via the construction of the Colaba Causeway in 1838. [3]
The purpose of this causeway was to block the Worli creek and prevent the low-lying areas of Bombay from being flooded at high tide. The cost was estimated at ₹£100,000. It was completed in 1784 and was one of the first major civil engineering projects that transformed the original seven islands of Bombay into one island.
Nariman Point is a prominent downtown area of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. Located on the southern tip of the Mumbai peninsula, at the end of the Mumbai's Marine Drive, Nariman Point houses some of India's prestigious business headquarters. It is bordered by Churchgate in North, Arabian Sea on West and South, by Colaba on East side. It is one ...