Mumbai: Monuments
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The best known monuments
Anjuman-I-Islam
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Anjuman-I-Islam - The structure was built in 1874 by a group of Muslims headed by Dr Badruddin Tyabji.
Old office buildings of Bombay
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Great Western building
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Great Western building in 1963 - This building has been the residence of a British Governor of India, served as the Admiralty House and redesigned as a hotel.
Gateway of India
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A marching band practices a performance in front of the Gateway of India in 1999.
Jama Masjid
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Jama Masjid - The Konkani Muslim merchant who owned the land on which this mosque was built agreed to its construction on the condition that the existing water reservoir on the plot was preserved.
Chhatrapati Shiva ji Terminus
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CST - This UNESCO World Heritage site was designed by Frederick William Stevens who earned Rs 1,614,000 to build it. It was built in a Gothic revival style and took a decade to complete.
Larsen and Toubro house
Taj hotel
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Taj hotel - The belief that Jamshedji Tata built this hotel in response to being denied entry at a whites-only hotel is in fact a myth. In reality, he implemented the idea after the bubonic plague, when the editor of Times of India wished for a good hotel for the city.
Parsi temple
World Trade Centre
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The initial phase of the construction World Trade Centre was completed in 1978,on the day of Makar Sankranti.
