Seven Islands of Bombay
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The Seven Islands of Bombay were 16th-century Portuguese colonial possessions lying off the Konkan region by the mid-west coast of India. Following extensive land reclamation, the islands were merged
Island of Bombay and Colaba
Colaba
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Colaba is a part of the city of Mumbai, India. It is one of the four peninsulas of Mumbai while the other three are Worli, Bandra and Malabar Hill. During the Portuguese rule in the 16th century, the
Seven Islands of Bombay
…The original seven islands handed over to England were as follows: Colaba Old Woman's Island (Little Colaba…
Colaba Causeway construction, view from Colaba island, 1826
Old Mumbai, 1909
Ambitious reclamation plans from 1912 have been only partly realised.
Colaba Chapel, Mumbai (Clutterbuck, 1889, p. 173)