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Photo: Photo by iMahesh via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)Built to welcome a king, it became the gate through which the last British troops left India in 1948.
A ceremonial gateway built by the British in 1911 to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary, and completed in 1924. Designed by architect George Wittet in Indo-Saracenic style, it became the symbolic entry point for viceroys arriving by sea. Ironically, it was also the exit point: the last British troops leaving India departed through this gate in 1948. Today it is Mumbai's most photographed landmark and the departure point for ferries to Elephanta Island.
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The Portuguese built it in 1640 to watch for approaching ships. Now people come to watch the sun go down.
Portuguese fishing villages, old Catholic churches and the bungalows of the East Indian Catholic community, all within a single walk.
Mumbai's double-decker buses have been a fixture since 1937. Here they are kept, with old tram memorabilia, as part of the story of how the city moved.