Facade of Bharat Insurance Building at 15 A Horniman Circle. The Horniman Circle buildings were deliberately made using the same materials (Porbandar stone) and design components (e.g., decorative keystones) to maintain uniformity, which was the first time such an architectural experiment was carried out in Mumbai.
Detail of the Neo-Gothic fountain at St. Thomas Cathedral, designed by noted Gothic Revival architect Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-78). Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney had a particular association with Gilbert Scott, and they collaborated on several projects, including the Convocation Hall of the University of Bombay, designed by Scott and financed by Readymoney.
The Horniman Circle Garden was planned in 1869 and was completed in 1872, shortly before the Duke of Edinburgh's visit. Occupying 2.5 acres of land, the dense foliage in the garden provided a shady space to rest and was a popular meeting place for Parsis, who congregated here to enjoy the band that played music every evening after sunset.
Bombay Samachar is very popular among the Gujarati population living both in Bombay and Gujarat, and the diaspora. In its Gujarati publication, the newspaper is titled Mumbai Samachar. This dual use of names is an early example where Mumbai and Bombay were used interchangeably, long before Bombay was officially renamed Mumbai (1995).