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| Keywords: Malabar Hill, Mumbai. 1850s.jpg Malabar Hill Mumbai 1850s From the Original - Photograph looking at the eastern part of Malabar Hill Bombay from 'Views in the island of Bombay' by Charles Scott 1850s Malabar Hill the highest point in Bombay is where the Silhara Kings r 810-1260 founded the original Walkeshwar Temple The temple was destroyed by the Portuguese and rebuilt in 1715 by Rama Kamath By 1860 the temple attracted many people and there were 10 to 20 other temples around it and 50 dharamshalas Fairs were held near the temple Mountstuart Elphinstone built the first Bungalow in Malabar Hill during his governorship from 1818 to 1827 After this many more people built houses here and the area became a posh locality which it still remains http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/m/019pho0000960s1u00004000 html British Library - Malabar Hill Bombay s 1850 Charles Scott PD-old-100-1923 Historical images of Mumbai India in the 1850s Malabar Hill Mountstuart Elphinstone | ||||
