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A merchant's gift to the city in 1847, still a working library after more than 175 years.
A subscription library founded in 1847 by Sir David Sassoon, a prominent Baghdadi Jewish merchant and philanthropist in colonial Bombay, housed in a Gothic Revival building completed in 1870. Its reading rooms and book collection have served Mumbai's literary and intellectual community for over 175 years, and the building remains a working library rather than a museum. Interior access is restricted to registered members, though the building's ornamented stone facade is a well-known Kala Ghoda landmark viewable at any time. It sits at the heart of the precinct that hosts the annual Kala Ghoda Arts Festival.
| Mon-Fri | 9 AM - 10 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM - 2 PM |
| Sunday | 9 AM - 10 PM |
Built to remember soldiers killed in the First Anglo-Afghan War of 1838 to 1842, it carries their regiments in stained glass and marble.
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.