page_title: Churchgate
hierarchical_section_title: Churchgate
caption_attribution_description: Image taken from: Title: "Bombay and Western India. A series of stray papers" Author: DOUGLAS, James - of Bombay Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 010056.h.10.", "British Library OC ORW.1986.a.2990" Volume: 01 Page: 258 Place of Publishing: London Date of Publishing: 1893 Publisher: Sampson Low &amp; Co. Issuance: monographic Identifier: 000973604 Note: The colours, contrast and appearance of these illustrations are unlikely to be true to life. They are derived from scanned images that have been enhanced for machine interpretation and have been altered from their originals. If you wish to purchase a high quality copy of the page that this image is drawn from, please order it here. Please note that you will need to enter details from the above list - such as the shelfmark, the page, the book's volume and so on - when filling out your order. Explore: Find this item in the British Library catalogue, 'Explore'. Open the page in the British Library's itemViewer (page: 258) Download the PDF for this book Click here to see all the illustrations in this book and click here to browse other illustrations published in books in the same year. Please click on the tags shown on the right-hand side for other ways to browse the illustrations.
context_page_description: Churchgate is an area in South Mumbai. During the eighteenth and up to the mid-19th century, Mumbai was a walled city. The city walls had three gates, and Church Gate, named after St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai was one of the gates. The gate was situated near the present day location of Flora Fountain. In the mid-19th century, the city walls were torn down to aid in the expansion program.
  Churchgate is also a major railway terminus on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway.
context_section_description: Churchgate is an area in South Mumbai. During the eighteenth and up to the mid-19th century, Mumbai was a walled city. The city walls had three gates, and Church Gate, named after St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai was one of the gates. The gate was situated near the present day location of Flora Fountain. In the mid-19th century, the city walls were torn down to aid in the expansion program.
  Churchgate is also a major railway terminus on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway.
caption: Churchgate in 1863
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