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Kala Ghoda (Marathi: काळा घोडा) is a precinct or district in South Mumbai, India.
The name means Black Horse, a reference to a black stone statue of King Edward VII (as the then Prince of Wales) mounted on a horse. It was built by the Jewish businessman and philanthropist [Albert Abdullah David Sassoon]. Although this statue was removed in 1965 to storehouses of the Bhau Daji Lad Museum (formerly the Victoria & Albert Museum (Mumbai)) in Byculla, Central Mumbai, the name persists. The statue is now in the Jijamata Udyan in Byculla.
A reprint of a photograph of the district showing the statue in position is to be seen framed over the entrance to the elevator in the Commerce House building located between Ropewalk Street and Meadows Street (Nagindas Master Road), just off V.B. Gandhi Road.
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[edit] Overview
Today, the district is Mumbai's premier art district, and has the The Arts Trust - Institute of Contemporary Indian Art. Each year, the area hosts a cultural festival promoting the arts. The offices of noted art publication, Marg, established by Mulk Raj Anand in 1946, are also situated in the third floor of the historic Army & Navy Building.[1]
In 1896, films were introduced to India with a screening of the Lumiere Brothers Cinematograph at the Watson's Hotel.
The area is sandwiched between Mumbai Port's off-limits docklands to the east, Regal Cinema to the south, Fountain to the north and Oval Maidan to the west.
North of Kala Ghoda is the Fountain district and south of it is a district variously called after the S.P. Mukerjee Chowk (former Wellingdon Circle), (Prince of Wales) Museum or the Regal Cinema. North-east is located the Bombay Stock Exchange district, also called Dalal Street, called after the lane on which the actual Stock Exchange is located.
[edit] Landmarks
Prominent landmarks include:
- The dilapidated and slummified Esplanade Mansion, once Mumbai's premier and pioneering Watson's Hotel
- Bajaj Art Gallery
- Jehangir Art Gallery and the Pavement Gallery
- Prince of Wales Museum
- National Gallery of Modern Art
- Elphinstone College
- Rhythm House
- Max Müeller Bhavan – Indo-German cultural centre
- Army & Navy Building, housing the Westside shopping store
- David Sassoon Library
- Ropewalk Street
- Knesseth Eliyahoo Synagogue
- St. Andrew and Columba's Church
- Lion Gate
- K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, Asia's oldest library and research archive exclusively devoted to Indo-Iranian and Zoroastrian studies
- Mumbai University
- Civil and Sessions Court
- The dilapidated Great Western Building, formerly Admiralty House.
[edit] Places to Eat
- Bombay Blues
- Copper Chimney
- Noodle Bar
- Gelato Italiano
- Joss
- Silk Route
- Chetana
- Nandu's Paratha
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