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Photo: Photo by A.Savin via Wikimedia Commons (FAL)A banker named it for his mother. Built to echo Big Ben, its stone figures show people of different communities in their regional dress.
A 85-metre Venetian Gothic clock tower built between 1869 and 1878, funded by banker Premchand Roychand and named after his mother Rajabai, forming part of Mumbai University's Fort campus. Its design, by architect George Gilbert Scott, was modelled on Big Ben and features intricate stone carvings of figures in regional Indian dress representing different castes and communities. It stands alongside the Bombay High Court as one of the twin landmarks of the UNESCO-listed Victorian Gothic ensemble around Oval Maidan. The tower's interior is not generally open to the public, though the university occasionally runs guided tours.
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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.