Know Your Bombay! – 28th January 2017

ByPT Reporter

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you interesting facts about our beloved Bombay! Explore this city’s amusing history and get to know why and how so many streets and places got their names with KYB![/otw_shortcode_info_box]

Sassoon Dock

 Sassoon Dock was built in 1875 on reclaimed land, by the banking and mercantile company – David Sassoon & Co. The docks were owned by Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818–1896), son of David Sassoon. It is one of the oldest docks situated just off Cuffe Parade in South Mumbai, and one of the few docks in the city open to the public. It is one of largest fish markets in the city. It was the first commercial wet dock in Western India and helped establish the cotton trade.

.

.

Peddar Road

Pedder Road (officially Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg) was named after WG Pedder, Municipal Commissioner (1879). Pedder Road is said to be resting on what was first known as Padam Hill. Its present name is Gopalrao Deshmukh Marg. The very first flyover built in Mumbai connected Hughes Road to Pedder Road at Kemp’s Corner.

Similar Posts

  • Steiner’s Education: A New Outlook

    ByAban Bana

    [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]A student of Goetheanum College of Spiritual Science, in Dornach, near Basel in Switzerland, Aban Bana and her sister, Dilnawaz, studied the lesser-known subject of Anthroposophy, a spiritual science introduced by Dr. Rudolf Steiner. Introducing this form of educational science to the common man in India, Aban pioneered Rudolf Steiner (Waldorf) Education in…

  • Review: CRD

    ByHoshang K. Katrak

    Exponential, experimental and surreal are the three apt adjectives to describe a film of the unslottable genre – CRD. Set against the backdrop  of the Purushottam inter-collegiate drama festival  (a real-life event in Pune), CRD is a film one could watch again and again or simply wish it away,  depending on your penchant for theatre….

  • Cyrus The (Not So) Great!

    ByCyrus Broacha

    [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Aapro Cyrus Broacha, the Brand Ambassador of Humour, unleashes his hilarious take on Maharashtra Politics (we saw that coming!) in our monthly column, ‘Cyrus The (Not So) Great!’[/otw_shortcode_info_box] . It was Fali, who put it beautifully, “Aare lockdown khallas thai gayo!!” These words were the best sounding words in the last decade. Only…

  • Know Your Bombay! – 17th December 2016

    ByPT Reporter

    [otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times brings you interesting facts about our beloved Bombay! Explore this city’s amusing history and get to know why and how so many streets and places got their names with KYB![/otw_shortcode_info_box] Kamathipura Kamathipura, which forms an almost perfect rectangle between Bellasis Road, Duncan Road, Grant Road and Suklaji Street, was until 1800,…

  • Caption This! – May 13, 2017

    ByPT Reporter

    Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 17th May, 2017. . . . . .[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”bordered” border_color_class=”otw-blue-border” border_style=”bordered” rounded_corners=”rounded-10″ background_color=”#c4dbff”] Winning Caption “Please baddha shaant thai jao!! Gambhar ardha kallaak pachhi start thase!” – by Ziyana Khosravi Patel  

  • FATHER’S DAY CONTEST WINNERS

    ByPT Reporter

    [otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#f932fc” background_color=”#dbfff9″] We thank all our lovely participants for sharing your amazing talents, celebrating the most important and dependable, central figure in our lives – our Pappa! Heartiest Congratulations to our Top Winners and Special Mentions. Winners are requested to pick up their prizes by connecting with PT Office at editor@parsi-times.com [/otw_shortcode_info_box]…