Know Your Bombay!

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!

Carter Road Promenade: The sea-facing Carter Road Promenade is a 1.25 km walkway along the Arabian Sea on the west side of Bandra stretching upto to Khar, in Suburban Mumbai. Opened for public in January 2002, the promenade is managed by Bandra West Resident’s Association and was redeveloped in 2008 as part of the larger movement to reclaim public spaces and to protect Mumbai’s coastline.

Royal Opera House: Royal Opera House, also known as Opera House in Mumbai, is India’s only surviving opera house, which is situated at Charni Road. The Royal Opera House was conceived in 1908 by a famous entertainer, Maurice Bandmann and Jehangir Framji Karaka, who headed a coal brokers’ firm, and was inaugurated in the year 1912. Initially, the house was used strictly for staging operas, and catered exclusively to the city’s elite British officials, Europeans and mostly Indian Parsis.

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