The old name of Horniman Circle on the Bomanjee Hormarjees Building. The Parsi after whom the building is named, Bomanjee Hormarjees Wadia (d. 1862) was a member of the Bombay Native Education Society and served on the board of Elphinstone Institution. His house was a popular meeting place to exchange gossip, and thus earned the epithet 'Gup House'.
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2023-04-12T11:07:40Z
Modified:
2023-04-20T07:23:30Z
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Creator:
Ghosh, Ayan
Contributor:
Ghosh, Ayan
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
References:
Asiatic Society of Bombay, Horniman Circle, Bombay Chronicle, Bombay Samachar, and B.G. Horniman