S3E7: The first Modern Hotels in Bombay | Bombay Born 7
Bombay did not have respectable hotels even during the 1850s. There were some taverns but they did not attract the respectable folks, who usually found accommodation with friends or family. An enterpr...
1 Aug 202228min
S3E6: Post Haste in Bombay | Bombay Born 6
One of the factors which gradually rescued Mumbai or Bombay from the effects of the crash of 1865 was the development of an improved communication system. Episode 6 of Bombay Bombay born recalls the d...
25 Juli 202228min
S3E5: Scam 1865: Bank Of Bombay Falls | Bombay Born 5
Mumbai or Bombay was struck by the first major share market scandal in India in 1865. The American Civil War and the sudden cotton export boom it had caused suddenly brought massive fortunes in the ha...
18 Juli 202220min
S3E4: The Crash Of 1864-65 | Bombay Born 4
Mumbai or Bombay was struck by the first major share market scandal in India in 1865. The American Civil War and the sudden cotton export boom it had caused suddenly brought massive fortunes in the ha...
11 Juli 202223min
S3E3: 1857 and life in the Maidan | Bombay Born 3
Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay In the third episode of Bombay Born, I revisit 1857 in Mumabai. Bombay largely remained quiet, but there were a few cases of conspiracy...
4 Juli 202224min
S3E2: The Fort and the Maidan | Bombay Born 2
The second episode of Bombay Born begins with the coming of the Railways and the demolition of the Ramparts. These two developments in the 1850s and 1860s virtually ushered in the modern city of Bomba...
26 Juni 202230min
S3E1: The Harbour and the Cyclone | Bombay Born 1
The history of Mumbai or Bombay took a major new turn once the British took over in the late seventeenth century. They not only envisaged a great future for the harbour but also made arrangements to m...
19 Juni 202217min
S3E1: Introducing: BOMBAY BORN | (The Rise of Bombay)
Mumbai or Bombay has long been a city of dreams, aspirations and untold wealth. Yet, even in 1850s, it was a narrow walled town. Bombay Born recalls the birth of this megapolis since then. It explores...
19 Juni 20222min
