Dinshaw Wacha Road is a road in Mumbai, India located between Churchgate and Mantralaya. It houses some of the most prominent residential, educational and sports institutions in South Mumbai, connecting Oval Maidan to Marine Drive promenade. [1] The road is named after Sir Dinshaw Wacha , a prominent Parsi politician who was one of the founding members (and later President) of the Indian National Congress.
The road is also known as Dinshaw Vaccha Road. [2]
Dinshaw Wacha Road famously houses the Brabourne stadium which is one of the two big cricket grounds in Mumbai City. The stadium's members only entrance is located on this road, whereas the regular "general" entrance opens up on Veer Nariman Road. The stadium currently hosts Cricket Club of India (CCI), one of the most prestigious clubs in India and, was conceived as India's counterpart to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). It is the erstwhile headquarters of Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) that was later shifted to Wankhade Stadium, a bigger stadium located a few streets away.
Some institutions located along this road are:
Churchgate is an area in the southern part of Mumbai, close to the Arabian Sea. The area is known for its unique architecture consisting of art deco style residential buildings, access to sporting venues, and the business district of Nariman Point.
Marine Drive is a 3 kilometre-long promenade along the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road in Mumbai, India. The road and promenade were constructed by Pallonji Mistry. It is a banana-shaped, six-lane concrete road along the coast of a natural bay. At the northern end of Marine Drive is Girgaon Chowpatty and the adjacent road links Nariman Point at the southern tip to Babulnath and Malabar Hill at the northern tip. Marine Drive is situated on reclaimed land facing west-south-west. Marine Drive is also known as the Queen's Necklace because, when viewed at night from an elevated point anywhere along the drive, the streetlights resemble a string of pearls in a necklace.
South Mumbai, colloquially SoBo from South Bombay in Indian English, administratively the Mumbai City District, is the city centre and the southernmost precinct of Greater Bombay. It extends from Colaba to Mahim and Sion neighbourhoods, and comprises the city's main business localities, making it the wealthiest urban precinct in India. Property prices in South Mumbai are by far the highest in India and among the highest in the world. In terms of Vidhansabha it is further divided in two parts - South and South Central. South has areas like Fort Colaba Girgaon to Worli Dadar and Prabhadevi, whereas South Central has Chembur, Wadala, Sion and Mahim.
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