How well do you know Mumbai?

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Posted: 17 years ago
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How well do you know Mumbai?

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1. Which bakery was funded by a Goan immigrant Jose Carvalho and gets its name as a result of its speedy catering to certain ships visiting the Bombay harbour?

2. Which famous 'watering hole' amongst corporates and students in a suburb in Mumbai, gets its name from the company, Totlani & Co., which owns it?

3. Which station's name is derived its from the fact that it was the "Corner of Western Ghats"

4. The original name was Vesal in Sanskrit. Under the Muslim sovereigns it was renamed to Baxay; the Portuguese christened it Bancaim, and the Marathas called it Bajipura. After it was under British rule, it was named Bassein. What was it finally renamed as after India's independence?

5. What was first founded in 1847 as an orphanage for the benefit of the daughters of British seamen of the then Royal Indian Navy?

6. Legend has it that, it was built in retaliation after being denied entry to one of his city's famous locations, Watson's, as it was restricted to 'whites only'. During World War I, it was converted into a 600-bed hospital.Who was he and what did he build?

7. Which company's home delivery helpline in Mumbai is 3988-3131?

8. Mahikawati was the capital of Raja Bhimdev, who reigned over the region in the 13th century.He built a palace and a court of justice in Prabhadevi, as well as the first Babulnath temple. He stationed his elephant cavalry in a place near Mahikawati which was named after the Sanskrit word for Elephants. What are the present names of this place and Mahikawati?

9. Abdul Rashid Salim' completes the name of which Bollywood actor?

10. Of what significance is a phantom island that said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean far to the west of Spain, to Mumbai?

Answers:
1. American Express Bakery
2. Toto's
3. Ghatkopar
4. Vasai
5. Bombay Scottish School
6. Jamshedji Tata and the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai.
7. Baskin Robbins
8. Matunga (Sanskrit word is 'matanga') and Mahim
9. Salman Khan
10. The island is Antilia, which shares its name with the proposed name for Mukesh Ambani's sixty story (173.12 mt) apartment building presently under construction on Altamount Road.

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Posted: 17 years ago
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Thanks, dont know much about mumbai

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