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EXPLORING THE WATER HERITAGE OF MUMBAI

By :- Varsha S. Shirgaonkar

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Pages: xxii+170

Format: HB

ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-415-0

Place: New Delhi

Edition: 1st

Publisher: ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL

Size: 22cm x 28cm

Product Year: 2011

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The city of Mumbai in India has generated a lot of curiosity among the scholars within India and abroad. The multi-dimensional nature of the city and the exuberant continuity in spite of various hurdles have been the strong points of Mumbai. Every city expands with the political rules. Today the municipal jurisdiction of Mumbai is identified with the term MCGM i.e., Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. The term ?Bombay? in the British records enveloped the area of seven islands. In ancient and medieval times certain localities outside the later British ?Bombay? had got populated. The book shows that these areas had the sources of potable water supply and hence they got populated. Later, the British officials identified many of these areas as having potential of providing water to the entire city. These were then considered for the major water schemes. Before the major water schemes like Vehar Water Works there were various efforts to conserve and preserve water because the existing water supply, as the official records reflect, by way of tanks and wells in South Bombay was inadequate to cater to the needs of the people. The book states such efforts towards early water management in the city. Water charities done by many philanthropists to the city came as a boon especially when there was inflow of population since the nineteenth century. The book takes a survey of these water charities. The book discusses the development of water till the Tansa Water Works. The present volume will interest people at large, in particular, specialists in water management and conservation, historians, architects, sociologists and anthropologists.

Preface vii List of Illustrations xiii Introduction: Historiography of Mumbai xvii 1. Water Resources and Habitation in and around Mumbai: From Early Times to 1 Nineteenth Century 2. Early Schemes for Water Provision and Management 17 3. Vehar and Tulsi Water Projects 64 4. Fountains as Water Charities 106 5. Fountains as Architectural Specimens 141 Conclusion 151 Bibliography 159 Index 165

Dr. Varsha Shirgaonkar, Professor and Head, Department of History, S.N.D.T. Women?s University, Mumbai, is a well-known scholar of international repute. Her area of specialisation is cultural history of eighteenth and nineteenth century Maharashtra. She has received many invitations to participate in the international conferences such as at the University of Venice (August 1997) and University of Sydney (January 1999) and to give a talk at San Diego Museum of Art, California (July 2003). She obtained research grant of the Royal Numismatic Society of the British Museum, London in June 2003 for her project on Indian Tokens. She was the Sectional President of Modern India in two State level conferences in Maharashtra (Islampur - January 2000 and Satara - January 2004). Her research on Mumbai was duly recognized when she was invited as Sectional President of History of Mumbai in a State level conference jointly convened by Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute and Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai in May 2007. She was Project Supervisor for the project 'Listing Present Fabric Status and Conservation Plan for the Fountains and Pyaavs in the City of Mumbai' awarded by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Heritage Conservation Society to Department of History, Ramnarain Ruia College, Matunga, Mumbai (March 2007). She has till now six books, including the recent one ? Eighteenth Century Deccan - Cultural History of the Peshwas and several research articles to her credit. She has been appointed to the Committee of Courses in Museology and Conservation in University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Dr. Shirgaonkar has also been appointed by the Office of the Governor, Maharashtra to the Advisory Committee of Raj Bhavan Archives.

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