Bombay Place-Names and Street-Names (English)

Bombay Place Names and Street Names contains a compilation of place and street names in the Bombay (Mumbai)of a century ago, with fascinating explanations of their origins. Some of these have been traced to local families, legends, historical/official figures, and urban myths or are based simply on anecdotal and etymological accounts from the nineteenth to early twentieth centuries.Some streets are named after trees and temples while others are named after princes and commoners, mills and agiaris, professions and markets.