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Pink Villa
23-07-2025
- Business
- Pink Villa
Sneak peek into 140-year-old historic Mumbai mansion and among the first with electricity, lavish decor, oil-painted ceilings
Jamsetji Tata was an Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded India's largest conglomerate, Tata Group. He is widely regarded as the 'Father of Indian Industry'. Jamsetji Tata played a major role in the industrial development of India. Here's what his Mumbai mansion looks like. Exploring Jamsetji Tata's Mumbai mansion, a historic property and one of the first in the city to have electricity An Instagram user named Nishant Sonavane posted a video of Jamsetji Tata's mansion located at Waudby Road, Mumbai. The clip shows the outside view of the heritage mansion, called Esplanade House. According to the user, the mud-colored architectural gem boasts a stunning Renaissance Revival Design, a 19th-century architectural and decorative style inspired by the Italian Renaissance period (14th-17th centuries). Built in 1885, Jamsetji Tata's mansion was among the first properties to have electricity in Mumbai. The house also has concealed wiring and an elevator. Gold-gilded decor, oil-painted ceilings and more Jamsetji Tata's Mumbai mansion is decorated with lavish interiors. The house features gold-gilded decor with ivory inlays, and the ceilings are painted with oil. Saint Bernard dog sculpture at the entry gate Esplanade House has beautiful gardens, marble fountains, and statues which add a unique touch to the mansion. The historical gem also has a brown-colored Saint Bernard dog sculpture installed at the entry, right above its main entrance. Jamsetji Tata's Mumbai mansion, Esplanade House, is not open to the public. Its beautiful decor says it all about the rich heritage in the city. It is also proof that the late industrialist was truly a visionary. A brief about Jamsetji Tata Born on March 3, 1839, Jamsetji Tata hailed from a Zoroastrian Parsi family of priests in Navsari, Gujarat. He was the first child and only son of Nusserwanji Tata. The late industrialist worked in his father's company until he was 29 years old. His father got him enrolled in Elphinstone College in Mumbai. Jamsetji Tata graduated from the institution as a 'green scholar' in 1858. He commissioned the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai in 1903. He was also the founder of Jamshedpur city. He contributed towards the establishment of the Indian Institute of Science, Tata Steel and Tata Power.
South China Morning Post
27-03-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Pakistan's Parsi community shrinks as youth make ‘difficult decision' to migrate
From a gated community for her Zoroastrian faith in Pakistan's megacity Karachi, Elisha Amra, 22, has waved goodbye to many friends migrating abroad as the ancient Parsi community dwindles. Advertisement Soon the film student hopes to join them – becoming one more loss to Pakistan's ageing Zoroastrian Parsi people, a community who trace their roots back to Persian refugees from today's Iran more than a millennium ago. 'My plan is to go abroad,' Amra said, saying she wants to study for a master's degree in a country without the restrictions of a conservative Muslim-majority society. 'I want to be able to freely express myself', she added. Elisha Amra shows a corner of her grandparents' home with photos of their prophet Zoroaster and ancestral family members, in a Karachi enclave reserved for Zoroastrians. Photo: AFP Zoroastrianism, founded by the prophet Zarathustra, was the predominant religion of the ancient Persian empire, until the rise of Islam with the Arab conquests of the seventh century.
