Question: When was the first mall built in the birth country of The Mystic Masseur's producer?

A collaboration by Merchant, James Ivory, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The film focuses on a Bombay compound known as Pavan Pool, where women aspiring to work in the entertainment industry dance for donations from a male audience by day and, it is broadly suggested although never specifically stated, work as prostitutes by night. The Courtesans of Bombay is a 1983 British docudrama directed by Ismail Merchant. It was broadcast by Channel 4 in the UK in January 1983 and went into limited theatrical release in the United States on 19 March 1986. <SEP> Spencer in Anna Salai, then known as Mount Road, in the Madras Presidency. The property originally belonged to Spencer & Co Ltd. Spencer & Co opened the first Departmental store in the Indian subcontinent in 1895 and the store had over 80 individual departments. Spencer Plaza was built in 1863 -- 1864, established by Charles Durant and J.W. After a few years, Eugene Oakshott, owner of Spencer's, shifted the department store to a new building, which was an example of Indo - Saracenic style of architecture. The building was designed by W.N. Pogson. In 1983, the original building was destroyed in a fire. The present Spencer Plaza was constructed on the same site measuring about 10 acres and was opened in 1991. Spread across a million square feet built in three phases with parking space for 800 cars, the plaza is one of the major hangout for the people of Chennai. The mall was developed by Mangal Tirth Estate Limited in January 1993. <SEP> Mumbai Bombay Megacity Mumbai Top to bottom: Cuffe Parade skyline, the Gateway of India (L), Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (R), Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and the Bandra -- Worli Sea Link. Nickname (s): Bambai, Mumbai city, City of Seven Islands, City of Dreams, Gateway to India, Hollywood of India Mumbai Location of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India Mumbai Mumbai (India) Show map of Maharashtra Show map of India Show all Coordinates: 18 ° 58 ′ 30 ''N 72 ° 49 ′ 33'' E ﻿ / ﻿ 18.97500 ° N 72.82583 ° E ﻿ / 18.97500; 72.82583 Coordinates: 18 ° 58 ′ 30 ''N 72 ° 49 ′ 33'' E ﻿ / ﻿ 18.97500 ° N 72.82583 ° E ﻿ / 18.97500; 72.82583 Country India State Maharashtra District Mumbai City Mumbai Suburban First settled 1507 Named for Mumbadevi Government Type Mayor -- Council Body MCGM Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar (Shiv Sena) Municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta Area Megacity 603 km (233 sq mi) Metro 4,355 km (1,681.5 sq mi) Elevation 14 m (46 ft) Population (2011) Megacity 12,442,373 Rank 1st Density 21,000 / km (53,000 / sq mi) Metro 18,414,288 20,748,395 (Extended UA) Metro Rank 1st Demonym (s) Mumbaikar Time zone IST (UTC + 5: 30) PIN code (s) 400 001 to 400 107 Area code (s) + 91 - 22 Vehicle registration MH - 01 (South), MH - 02 (West), MH - 03 (Central), MH - 47 (North) GDP / PPP $368 billion (Metro area, 2015) Official language Marathi Website www.mcgm.gov.in <SEP> ali mall is the first major shopping mall in the philippines. it is located at araneta center, cubao, quezon city beside sm cubao. the mall was named in honor of boxer muhammad ali, and was built in 1976, making it one of the oldest malls in the country. recently, they relaunched the new cinemas and food court. <SEP> birth control practices were generally adopted earlier in europe than in the united states. knowlton's book was reprinted in 1877 in england by charles bradlaugh and annie besant, with the goal of challenging britain's obscenity laws. they were arrested (and later acquitted) but the publicity of their trial contributed to the formation, in 1877, of the malthusian league -- the world's first birth control advocacy group -- which sought to limit population growth to avoid thomas malthus's dire predictions of exponential population growth leading to worldwide poverty and famine. by 1930, similar societies had been established in nearly all european countries, and birth control began to find acceptance in most western european countries, except catholic ireland, spain, and france. as the birth control societies spread across europe, so did birth control clinics. the first birth control clinic in the world was established in the netherlands in 1882, run by the netherlands' first female physician, aletta jacobs. the first birth control clinic in england was established in 1921 by marie stopes, in london. <SEP> It is one of relatively few films directed by Ismail Merchant, who is better known as the producer in the Merchant Ivory partnership, and addresses issues of Hindu subculture in Trinidad and Tobago.