Malabar Hill

Malabar Hill (ISO: Malabār Hill) is a hillock and upmarket residential neighbourhood in South Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Malabar Hill is the most exclusive residential area in Mumbai.[2] It is home to several business tycoons and film personalities. Notable residents include Adi Godrej, Cyrus Broacha, the Birla family, Shashi Ruia & family, Pallonji Mistry, the Jindal family, the Petit family, etc.

Malabar Hill
Neighbourhood
Malabar Hill in the 1850s
Malabar Hill
Malabar Hill
Malabar Hill
Coordinates: 18.95°N 72.795°E / 18.95; 72.795
CountryIndia
StateMaharashtra
DistrictMumbai City
CityMumbai
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
Languages
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
400006[1]
Area code(s)022
Vehicle registrationMH 01
Civic agencyBMC

Prominent landmarks include the Chief Minister of Maharashtra's Bungalow, Government Guest House Sahyadri, official residences of VVIP state officials and additionally the Hanging Gardens, Jain Temple & Banganga Tank.

History

Malabar Hill is the location of the Walkeshwar Temple, founded by the Silhara kings. The original temple was destroyed by the Portuguese, but rebuilt again in 1715 by Rama Kamath, and by 1860, 10 to 20 other temples were built in the region.[3]

Mountstuart Elphinstone built the first bungalow in Malabar Hill while he was Governor of Bombay, between 1819 and 1827. Following his example, the place soon became an affluent locality, as it remains today.[3]

Overview

Raj Bhavan, the official residence of the Governor of Maharashtra, 'Varsha', which is the official residence of the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, 'Glenogle' the official residence of the General Manager of Central Railway (erstwhile Great Indian Peninsula Railway) are located here.

Houses here are amongst the most expensive in the world. An unhindered view of Back Bay, with the Girgaon Chowpatty beach in the foreground, and the Nariman Point skyline in the background is one of the reasons for the high real estate prices. In January 2012, Maheshwari House was (partly) sold to industrialist Sajjan Jindal of Jindal Steel for 400 crores. The most expensive private residence lies just outside Malabar Hill on Altamount Road off Pedder Road, namely Antilla, the 27-storey, billion-dollar tower in Mumbai, owned by India's richest and the world's ninth-richest person Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries.

Buses only started serving this area during World War II.

South Court (informally known as the 'Jinnah House'), the former residence of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan is also present here, but is closed to public due to property disputes.[4][5]

Also of note in the Malabar Hill district, there is a cremation ground that sits near the sea which is home to the samadhi shrines of several famous Indian saints. Notably among them is the samadhi shrine of the guru of Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj, who was Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj, as well as the samadhi shrine of his devoted disciple Shri Ranjit Maharaj.[6]

  • Malabar Point, Bombay, 1865
  • The Hanging Gardens at Malabar Hill (ca. 1905)
  • Priyadarshini Park in Mumbai
  • Aerial view of Malabar Hill

References
  1. "Pin code : Malabar Hill, Mumbai". pincode.org.in. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. Tuesday, 26 July 2011 | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
  3. British Library
  4. Jinnah of Pakistan by Stanley Wolpert
  5. Naqvi, Jawed (2017-11-07). "Two daughters and sons-in-law". dawn.com. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  6. Shri Ranjit Maharaj
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