Surface Scratchers Ep9 - Bombay, Mumbai and everything in between!
Another origins episode, this time on everyone's favourite city - Mumbai!
Shownotes:
A short film on Gilbert Hill | The BDL museum's collections on the history of Mumbai | The Forts of Mumbai | The English in Tangier | Haffkine and his vaccine for the plague | The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny of 1946 that made the British realize that their time was up | A few more origin stories of names of areas in Mumbai here and here
Surface Scratchers Ep9 - Bombay, Mumbai and everything in between!
Another origins episode, this time on everyone's favourite city - Mumbai!
Shownotes:
A short film on Gilbert Hill | The BDL museum's collections on the history of Mumbai | The Forts of Mumbai | The English in Tangier | Haffkine and his vaccine for the plague | The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny of 1946 that made the British realize that their time was up | A few more origin stories of names of areas in Mumbai here and here