Girangaon
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Girangaon was a name of an area now part of central Mumbai, India, which at one time had almost 130 textile mills, with the majority being cotton mills. The mills of Girangaon contributed significantl
India United Mill, Parel – one of the larger mills, and also one of the few to be owned by the government
Cotton green mills, c. 1910 in front of the Taj Mahal Hotel, Colaba
Abandoned machinery at Madhusudan mills, Lower Parel
Scene from a popular 2007 play "Cotton 56 Polyester 84" by Sunil Shanbag about life in Girangaon
The redevelopment of Mumbai's cotton mills began in 1992, when efforts began to demolish the numerous cotton mills that once dotted the landscape of Mumbai, India, to make way for new residential and
Girangaon
…most of the mills being shut down after the strike. By 2007, only 25,000 people worked in the few remaining mills. In recent years, the mills have been extensively redeveloped, many becoming malls and discothèques. The Kohinoor Mills in Dadar were bought for ₹4.21 billion (US$50 million) by Matoshree Realtors and Kohinoor…
Phoenix Mills, Parel, which is now a shopping mall.
Ruins at Shakti Mills