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207: 195: 24: 89: 180:"Next day, they all went down to the sea, and there was a scene at the Apollo Bunder when Punch discovered that Meeta could not come too, and Judy learned that the ayah must be left behind. But Punch found a thousand fascinating things in the rope, block, and steam-pipe line on the big P. and O. Steamer, long before Meeta and the ayah had dried their tears." – 157:, at the Customs' House and at the hydraulic presses where the raw staple was baled for export. Since incoming passengers had to disembark together with their luggage at the Customs' House which was further north near the Mazgaon dock, passenger ships would make only a short stop at these piers in order to land the mail. 152:
The pier was once a maze of wharves and docks where brisk trading took place. During the months of April and May the pier was particularly busy, with thousands of baskets of cotton being stacked ready for loading onto ships. There was frantic activity on the
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Beginning in 1900, the Administration started to reclaim the area in order build the Gateway of India, designed to welcome
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that were sold at this spot in old times. This was corrupted to the Portuguese
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and the only passengers using it now are those who are taking the ferry to
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in the late 19th century. It is the location of the famed
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Mumbai
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Gateway of India
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Palla fish
Cotton Green
Emperor George V
Elephanta Caves
26/11 attacks
Rudyard Kipling
The Apollo Bunder - The Gate of India, c. 1905
A boat at Apollo Bunder, 2016
India Revisited By Edwin Arnold, p. 54
The Charm of Mumbai By R P Karkaria, p. 336
A Financial Chapter In The History Of Mumbai City, Mumbai in 1864-65
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Mumbai metropolitan area
South Mumbai
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