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Bombay Local History Society, C/o. Street Xavier's College, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai (2026)

The Bombay Local History Society regularly conducts lectures, guided walks, architectural site visits and seminars related to the local history of the city of Bombay now known as Mumbai.

23/12/2025

Dear BLHS members,

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai & the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts in collaboration with the Bombay Local History Society invite you to a curatorial walk-through of the exhibition
Disobedient Subjects, Bombay, 1930-1931

Images from the K. L. Nursey Album

The exhibition takes you on a visual journey around Bombay, today’s Mumbai, to witness the unfolding of the Civil Disobedience Movement against colonial rule in British India’s financial capital from almost a century ago. The curatorial walk-through will be led by Debashree Mukherjee, Associate Professor of film and media studies at Columbia University, who has contributed an essay to Photographing Civil Disobedience, the book which accompanies the exhibition.

Details: Saturday, 27 December 2025 at 11:30 am

Mumbai Gallery, First Floor, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya,
159-161 MG Road, Fort, Kalaghoda, Mumbai 400023

Please note that there are limited seats. Registration is compulsory and open to all on a first-come, first-served basis. All participants are required to register at: https://forms.gle/g27tBQnzPoqr1Tsh8

If your registration is confirmed, you will receive an email from us.

Important: Tickets (priced at Rs 200) have to be purchased for entry to CSMVS.

Best wishes,

BLHS Managing Committee

07/12/2025

Dear BLHS members,

We invite you to explore early studio photography in Bombay (1860–1910) with city historian Murali Ranganathan who will guide us on a walk-through of Carte de Visits and Cabinet Portraits from the Rajan Jayakar Collection on Saturday, December 13th, 2025. You will get to see original nineteenth century photographs, albums and cameras and learn about the history of photography in Bombay.

Join us at 10.45 am at a private residence near Eros Cinema, Churchgate, Mumbai.

Details of the venue will be provided on registration. Please note that prior registration for this session on a fascinating photography collection is important.

Register at: [email protected]

The session will commence at 11 am sharp. If we cross 10 registrations for the 11 am session, we will have another session at 12.15 pm.

This event is restricted to BLHS members.

Best wishes,

BLHS Managing Committee

25/11/2025

All those interested in applying for BLHS annual and student membership kindly send an email to: [email protected]. Thank you.

24/11/2025

Dear BLHS members,

We invite you to explore the rich heritage of the Parsis of India through an exclusive guided tour of the F. D. Alpaiwalla Museum on Saturday, 29th November 2025. You will have a chance to view some of the oldest artefacts (about 6,000 years old) on display in Mumbai as well as the chance to see the recreation of the interiors of a Zoroastrian fire temple.

Join us at 10.45 am at the F. D. Alpaiwalla Museum, Khareghat Memorial Building, Khareghat Colony, N. S. Patkar Road, Babulnath, Mumbai.

Please note that prior registration for this tour of the museum's fascinating collection is important. Register at: [email protected]

The walk will commence at 11 am sharp. If we cross 15 registrations for the 11 am guided tour, we will have another walk at 12.30 pm.

This event is restricted to BLHS members.

Best wishes,

BLHS Managing Committee

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