Bombay Local History Society

For 40+ years BLHS' passion has been Bombay/Mumbai city, its history, heritage, culture. Sharing that now on Twitter/IG [email protected]

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

How much do u know abt the Bombay Local History Society? Popular as #BLHS ,fnded late 1970s at Mumbai's St. Xavier's College by Fr John Correia-Afonso. At time when only national hist studied seriously, idea was 2 popularise hist & heritage of our own city, #Bombay #Mumbai 1/n

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

@CSMVSmumbai & @AlkziFoundation in collab with BLHS orgn a curatorial walk-through with historian #DinyarPatel of the exhib. 'Disobedient Subjects, Bombay, 1930-1931' at the museum on Fri, 6th Feb 2026, 4.30 pm
Register here: https://t.co/5ts5QUjCGt

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

#OldDelights

[naresh fernandes @tajmahalfoxtrot]

Even as the closure of Merwan has been mourned, the shuttering of the decades-old Cafe Delight on Hill Road in Bandra on Dec 31 has gone unremarked. 1/n

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

@CSMVSmumbai @AlkziFoundation The curatorial walk-through will be led by #DebashreeMukherjee, Associate Professor of film and media studies at Columbia University, who has contributed an essay to 'Photographing Civil Disobedience', the book which accompanies the exhibition.
@MapinPub

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

@CSMVSmumbai & @AlkziFoundation in collab with BLHS orgn a curatorial walk-through with historian #DebashreeMukherjee of the exhib. 'Disobedient Subjects, Bombay, 1930-1931' at the museum on Sat, Dec 27th, 2025, 11.30 am
Register here: https://t.co/uyxiowTglb

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

More on the exhib here:
This exhib takes you on a visual journey around Bombay, today’s Mumbai, to witness the unfolding of the Civil Disobedience Movement against colonial rule in British India’s financial capital from almost a century ago. @CSMVSmumbai
@AlkziFoundation

[Art Deco Mumbai @artdecomumbai]

An exciting weekend of not one but two Art Deco walking tours!
Join Us: https://t.co/NfJa0AH2Bx

#modernheritage #artdecomumbai #ovalmaidan #matunga #WalkingTour

[Art Deco Mumbai @artdecomumbai]

2025 officially marks the centenary year of Art Deco. The style gained popularity from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, a pivotal moment in the history of design in the modern world.

To commemorate this milestone, we present our centenary-inspired logo. Each element in this logo has been designed to reflect the essence of Bombay’s Art Deco. Swipe to see how the digits are drawn from buildings seen around the city, showcasing speed lines and circles to evoke a sense of motion; alongside the wave pattern — a signature tropical Deco motif that acknowledges the Sea and how it has influenced Bombay.

Our ode to the design movement which altered the world and shaped modern Bombay.

© Art Deco Mumbai Trust

#ArtDecoMumbai #ArtDeco #Mumbai #ModernHeritage #Architecture #centenary #1925 #paris #artdeco #exposition

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

This 👇

[Kurush F Dalal @Karboholic]

So we are kicking off 2025 with our Studying Food Workshop!
If you have ever wanted to study food beyond recipe, ingredient; if you want to know the story of what you eat and what jouneys its been, the ethics, politics etc of food then this course is for you!

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

Look forward to this!

[Kala Ghoda Arts Fest @kgafest]

As part of the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival’s Silver Jubilee, the iconic Asiatic Library Steps are back as a festival venue after a hiatus!

#25DaysToGo #KalaGhodaArtsFestival #AsiaticLibrarySteps #SilverJubilee #ArtAndCulture #MumbaiEvents

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

Apply to work at Science Gallery Bengaluru !

[Jahnavi Phalkey @JahnaviPhalkey]

We are recruiting. Please spread the word and send some enthusiastic colleagues our way! I have an incredible team but we need more hands at the deck.
https://t.co/BlNKPF9nBs

[KHAKI Lab @KhakiLab]

AN UNSUNG INDIAN REVOLUTIONARY

Today is the 85th death anniversary of Indian nationalist and advocate for India’s independence abroad, Madame Bhikaiji Cama. Born in Mumbai to a wealthy Parsi family, she lived in exile in Europe for 33 years, unfurling a flag for an independent India at the second Socialist Congress in Germany in 1907.

#TodayInMumbaiHistory
#ThisDayThatYear
#MumbaiHistory #Mumbai #IndianHistory #FreedomStruggle #Independence #MadameCama #Flag #Tricolour #Tiranga #VandeMataram

[Danish Khan @DanishKhan80]

Historian Zareer Masani died peacefully last week. He wrote widely, but his book on his parents remains one of the most candid account of an Indian family.

RIP #ZareerMasani

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

Who remembers watching a film at the mosquito-ridden Drive-in movie theatre in Bandra East ? Now it is a mall.

[Mumbai Heritage @mumbaiheritage]

The Drive-in Theater at Bandra East, Mumbai was a popular spot in the 1970s and 1980s.
Opened in 1977, it was a brainchild of the Eros Cinema group. Located on a 10 acre plot, it had a massive screen and space for over 600 cars.

It closed down in the late 1990s due to declining popularity and rising real estate value.

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

@asanyfuleknow on the shapers of Bombay's Domestic Vernacular architecture

[Scroll.in @scroll_in]

"These tightly packed buildings, with their typical dukaan-makaan configurations, were shaped by Indian masons, carpenters and craftsmen, working outside the pale of the British building establishment."

Read more: https://t.co/JWlIFqTtRT

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

This will be a thesis worth reading for #Bombay history lovers !

[Danish Khan @DanishKhan80]

My thesis examines the Gujarati Muslim trading communities and situates them firmly within the political economy & legal architecture of Bombay/India.

A small thread to highlight some work which appealed directly to my research. 2/14

#legalhistory #economichistory

[Indian History Collective @IndianHistory_C]

What was the First World War like for an Indian soldier?

Only two known first hand accounts exist.

Here is one by a Parsi from Navsari in Gujarat, in the deadly Battle of the Somme.

A thread on Nariman Karkaria and his First World War adventures. 👇

https://t.co/nLYNJQ2mmc

[Bombay Local History Society @local_bombay]

#BombayHistory
#MumbaiHistory
via @Kajal_Iyer

[Sameera Khan (now at @[email protected]) @samjourno123]

How #Bombay then ( #Mumbai now) gave India its weekend break! #VikramDoctor @local_bombay

[JNAF @JNAF_Mumbai]

Drop in this Sat for a walkthrough of our ongoing exhibition ’S H Raza | Zamin : Homelands’ with curator Puja Vaish!

Saturday, 11th June, 3 pm
JNAF Gallery, CSMVS
No registration required. First come first serve.
𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

[Asiatic Society Of Mumbai @AsiaticSocMum]

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The Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai presents a unique event to celebrate Mumbai's 361st birthday in its current avatar as Urbs Prima in Indis. Get out your pencils and sketch pads to join Ashwini Gawli at the Zero Mile, and sketch the city at its core—

[The Partition Museum @PartitionMuseum]

In awe of the entries we have received over the last two weeks and in the hope of reading many more stories, poems and essays, we are extending our submission deadline to 24 June 2022. We also welcome artwork, comics, photo and video essays in this round.