Bombay Place Names and Street Names
What is an Oart? Why was Payadhoni so called? What is the origin of Breach Candy? What was Jacob Circle formerly known as? By what name is Rotten Row Ride known now? Bombay Place Names and Street Names contain a compilation of place and street names in the Bombay (Mumbai) of a century ago, with fascinating explanations of their origins. Some of these have been traced to local families, legends, historical/official figures, and urban myths or are based simply on anecdotal and etymological accounts from the nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. Some streets are