Bombay Profile #1

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Okay This is NOT a blog.

 It's a GAME ! 

 Where All You gotta Do is guess the Name of the place in the city.

 Tip: After reading Each clue, Pause. Close your eyes & try to imagine the place. Answer.
If Not able to answer - move on to the Next clue. Repeat.

 You get 10 clues.
The Person who guesses it Correctly with the least number of clues wins !   

 Oh wait ! Hold On.
One more thing, If you decide to make a guess, remember your clue number,
Then You SKIP the remaining clues for the Answer.

 Let's begin !






Clue #1 : Flocks of pigeons guarded by - Mumbai Police Barricades.
*well most of the times*














Clue #2 : Passing of the '1st Battalion of the Sommerset Light infantry' - was The 1st major event that took place at This site. 

 28th of Feb of 1948, when the last set of British troops left India from This place, post-independence.













Clue #3 : Till date, a place where you can still find the age old classic British gas lamps *now made into electric street lamps* 














Clue #4 : During World War 1, a hotel that was converted into a 600-bed hospital.

















Clue #5 : A structure that has long been the triangulation point for sailors making their way to the city harbor.














Clue #6 : First ever hotel in the city to have a licensed bar and India's first discotheque, called Blow Up. 
















Clue #7 : Located behind an equally famous movie theater within the city.














    
Clue #8 : A basalt structure surrounded by 5 jetties. 
















Clue #9 : 21 years later 21,00,000 Indian Rupees were spent on the construction of another composition built right besides the hotel.    
















Clue #10 : Twin symbols of the city literally standing side by side.

















ANSWER :

 The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Gateway of India, Mumbai.

 #1 
Flocks of pigeons guarded by - Mumbai Police Barricades. *well most of the times*







#2
28th of Feb of 1948, when the last set of British troops left India from The Gateway of India in Mumbai, post-independence.





#3
Gateway of India, a place where you can still find the age old classic British gas lamps *now converted into electric street lamps by our government*







#4
The Taj Mahal palace hotel, Mumbai in 1914 - 1918 During the 1st World War. 

 Notice the absence of the New wing - aka The Taj Mahal Tower building on the right which currently serves as the main entrance to the hotel today.





#5
(The tall building between Hotel Taj & The Gateway of India)

 The Taj Mahal Tower, an additional wing of the hotel, was opened in 1973.

 It was designed by Daraius Batliwala & Rustom Patel.
A structure that has long been the triangulation point for sailors making their way to the city harbor. 





#6
The first ever hotel in the city to have a licensed bar and India's first discotheque, called Blow Up. 






#7 
Located behind an equally famous movie theater - Regal Cinema. 
(Top right - Back side of The Taj Mahal Tower building, the new wing of the hotel )   






#8
A basalt structure surrounded by 5 jetties.   





#9
The Apollo Bunder tip before the Gateway of India was built on This site.
21,00,000 Indian Rupees were spent on the construction of the Gateway of India which was built right besides the Taj Mahal Palace hotel 21 years later. 
(Pic - Gateway of India under construction)    








#10
Twin symbols of the city literally standing side by side.

















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