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'''Carmichael Road''' is an upmarket residential street of [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. Situated on a ridge in [[South Mumbai]], it is now officially called M.L. Dahanukar Marg. It has many old style bungalows and apartment houses, such as the art deco ''Kamal Mahal'' of film director, [[Kamal Amrohi]].<ref name=toi2010/>
The street and surrounding neighbourhood is and has been home to Mumbai's rich and famous such as the Modys, the Commissariats, the Dahanukars, the Somaiyas, the Lalbhais, the Walchands and the Morarjees.

==History==
The street is likely named for [[David Fremantle Carmichael]], former member of the [[Madras Legislative Council]] and British Indian Civil servant.

The hill slopes of the street started being developed in the 1920s, with the bungalow of [[Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai]] being amongst the earliest, and by 1930 numerous large homes had come up on the street, many built on Rs 100,000 to Rs 150,000 at the time.<ref name=toi60/> The road is a declared heritage precinct, and falls within the Coastal Regulation Zone-2 and had a height restriction of 75 to 80 m; that is buildings can be a maximum of 25 storeys.<ref name=toi11/> The road has only one high-rise building, the 25-storey ''Usha Kiran'' built in the mid-1960s.<ref name=toi60/> The [[Usha Kiran building]] was designed by Mumbai architect Dilawar Noorani of Karim Noorani and Co.
Redevelopment on the road comes under heritage rules, except for a "cessed structure", which either has tenants or was constructed prior to 1940.<ref name=toi60/> Over the years, many of the old buildings have been sold to developers, replaced by new ones, and often old residents have protested high-rise construction. Also in the neighbouring roads like [[Altamount Road]], skyscrapers are going up.<ref>{{cite news |title=Most reserved BMC plots unused|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-09-21/pune/27323910_1_bmc-plots-carmichael-road-brihanmumbai-municipal-corporation |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629122046/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-09-21/pune/27323910_1_bmc-plots-carmichael-road-brihanmumbai-municipal-corporation |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |date=21 September 2002 |work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tardeo skyscrapers may hurt property prices in the area|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-10-31/mumbai/27303436_1_property-prices-altamount-road-carmichael-road |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629122207/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-10-31/mumbai/27303436_1_property-prices-altamount-road-carmichael-road |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |date=31 October 2002 |work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref> However, real estate prices have remained high nevertheless, on an average, prices range from {{INRConvert|40|k}} to {{INRConvert|90|k}} per sq ft.<ref name=toi60/><ref name=toi11>{{cite news |title=Sajjan Jindal puts Morena House on the block|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-23/mumbai/29694085_1_villa-nirmala-bungalow-carmichael-road |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106184610/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-23/mumbai/29694085_1_villa-nirmala-bungalow-carmichael-road |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2013 |date=23 June 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref> In 2010, Villa Nirmala, a 60-year-old bungalow on the street, once owned by Khanderao Gaekwar, and later by the Wagles and Lalvanis families, sold for {{INRConvert|3|b}},<ref name=toi60>{{cite news |title=60-yr-old south Mumbai bungalow sold for Rs 300cr|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-22/mumbai/28257673_1_bungalow-property-cessed-carmichael-road |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629123506/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-22/mumbai/28257673_1_bungalow-property-cessed-carmichael-road |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |date=22 September 2010 |work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref> also in the same year, an apartment in the Kamal Mahal building fetched {{INRConvert|330|m}}.<ref name=toi2010>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-30/mumbai/28120013_1_flat-owners-mumbai-buildings-art-deco|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104015517/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-30/mumbai/28120013_1_flat-owners-mumbai-buildings-art-deco|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=High life: Flat on Carmichael Rd fetches Rs 33 cr | date=30 April 2010}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
The street has official residences of the [[Governor of Reserve Bank of India]], Chairman of the Mumbai Port Trust and the [[Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai]], besides consulates of Japan, China and Belgium.<ref>{{cite news |title=Importance of being Carmichael Road |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/16681/ |work=Indian Express|date=15 January 2003 |access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref>

Some of the notable residents have been [[Dr. Manmohan Singh]], former Prime Minister of India, when he was the Governor of Reserve Bank of India, [[Ashok Kumar Jain]], Chairman, Bennet & Colemann, [[The Times of India]] group,<ref name=exp98>{{cite news |title=Ashok Jain arrested |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19980704/18555484.html |work=Indian Express |date=4 July 1998 |access-date=18 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722004606/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19980704/18555484.html |archive-date=22 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Andrew Geddis]], industrialist, [[Kumar Mangalam Birla]], Chairman [[Aditya Birla Group]],<ref name=toi03>{{cite news |title=Kumar Birla, too, homes in on Carmichael Road |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-01-01/mumbai/27279278_1_aditya-birla-group-bungalow-kumar-birla |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629122703/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-01-01/mumbai/27279278_1_aditya-birla-group-bungalow-kumar-birla |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |date=1 January 2003 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref> [[Ratan Tata]] chairman [[Tata Group]],<ref name=toi03/> [[J.R.D. Tata]], chairman [[Tata Group]],<ref name=toi03/> [[Mukesh Ambani]], Reliance Group .<ref name=toi03/>

==See also==
* [[Altamount Road]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.meeragandhi.com/CARMICHAEL-RD--47-article.htm / Mumbai's high-fliers call it 'the best mile in this hundred-mile city ]

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