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Horniman Circle and Town Hall Precinct

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AddressFort, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Managed byBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)

Today's hoursOpen today 12 AM – 11:59 PM

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TypeHeritage Precinct

Time needed45–90 min

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A cluster of Victorian Gothic civic buildings and Art Deco residential blocks around Horniman Circle Garden in Mumbai's Fort district, including the Town Hall (1833), now home to the Asiatic Society library. The circular garden itself was laid out on the site of the old Bombay Green in the 1860s. Together with the Oval Maidan ensemble, it forms part of Mumbai's UNESCO-recognised Victorian Gothic and Art Deco heritage precinct. The area remains a functioning commercial and civic hub today.

Did you know? Horniman Circle was originally called Elphinstone Circle and was Bombay's first planned public square, modeled on London's Georgian crescents — it was renamed after Benjamin Horniman, a British journalist who supported Indian independence.