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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Arts District in Mumbai, India}}<br />
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| official_name = Kala Ghoda Art Precinct<br />
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| image_caption = The Kala Ghoda Statue<br />
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[[File:Kala Ghoda Signpost.jpg|right|thumb|150px|'Kala Ghoda signage']]<br />
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'''Kala Ghoda''' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]:Kāḷā Ghōḍā,(काला घोडा)''{{literally|Black Horse}}'') is a crescent-shaped art district/neighborhood in [[Mumbai]], India.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/kala-ghoda-mumbai-indias-emerging-art-district-1421856646 Kala Ghoda, Mumbai: India's Emerging Art District] ''wsj.com''. Retrieved 4 September 2021</ref> It hosts several of the city's heritage buildings including museums, art galleries and educational institutions like the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya]], the [[Jehangir Art Gallery]], the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]], and The Arts Trust - Institute of Contemporary Indian Art.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kalaghodaassociation.com/aboutus.aspx# |title=Kala Ghoda Association » Kala Ghoda Arts Festival |access-date=6 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906133210/http://www.kalaghodaassociation.com/aboutus.aspx# |archive-date=6 September 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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The area hosts the [[Kala Ghoda Arts Festival]] annually in February. The area is sandwiched between Mumbai Port's docklands to the east, [[Regal Cinema]] to the south, [[Hutatma Chowk]] and [[Flora Fountain]] to the north and [[Oval Maidan]] to the west. The [[Bombay Stock Exchange]] is to its north east.<br />
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==History==<br />
The name ''Kala Ghoda'' is a reference to the presence of a black stone statue of [[King Edward VII]] (as the then Prince of Wales) mounted on a horse that was built by [[Jewish]] businessman and philanthropist [[Albert Abdullah David Sassoon]], although this statue was removed from the precinct in 1965 and subsequently placed inside the [[Jijamata Udyan|Byculla Zoo]]. A local legend stated that the statues of King Edward and the one of [[Shivaji]] on a horse at the [[Gateway of India]] came to life after midnight and battled it out on the streets.<ref>[https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/bUEWoABGaTajyxgDTtDAqK/Revenge-of-the-native.html Revenge of the native - LiveMint]</ref> In 2017, the 'Kala Ghoda' returned to the area with a new statue of a similar looking horse without a rider, being commissioned by the Kala Ghoda Association. The statue, titled 'Spirit of Kala Ghoda' was designed by architect Alfaz Miller and sculpted by Shreehari Bhosle.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-over-50-yrs-on-kala-ghoda-returns-today-4456297/|title=Mumbai: Over 50 yrs on, Kala ghoda returns today|date=2017-01-03|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-06-08|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/kala-ghoda-in-mumbai-gets-its-dark-horse-back-without-king-edward-vii/story-wepqTCkJ2JokJUQc3ScRUK.html|title=Kala Ghoda in Mumbai gets its dark horse back without King Edward VII|date=2017-01-03|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2017-06-08|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Prior to the founding of the [[Bombay Stock Exchange]], merchants often traded shares at the junction of Rampart row and Meadow street.<ref name="wacha">{{cite book|last1=Wacha|first1=Dinshaw|title=A Financial Chapter In The History Of Bombay City|year=1910 |publisher=A.J.Combridge And Company. |url=https://archive.org/details/financialchapter031192mbp}}</ref><br />
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==Landmarks==<br />
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The Esplanade Mansion, India's oldest surviving [[cast iron]] building,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=135972|title=Now listed as 'endangered', Watson's Hotel was once toast of Bombay|last=Choudhury|first=Chitrangada|date=2005-06-24|work=[[Indian Express]]|publisher=[[Express Group]]|access-date=2008-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612050214/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=135972|archive-date=12 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> is in Kala Ghoda. Formerly known as Watson's Hotel, it was the site where films were introduced to India with a screening of the [[Lumiere Brothers]] [[Cinematograph]] in 1896. The offices of art publication, ''[[Marg (magazine)|Marg]]'', are on the third floor of the historic Army and Navy Building.<ref>[http://www.marg-art.org/aboutus.asp Marg Magazine website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507153025/http://www.marg-art.org/aboutus.asp |date=2009-05-07 }}</ref><br />
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* [[Watson's Hotel|Esplanade Mansion]], once Mumbai's premier and pioneering [[Watson's Hotel]]<br />
* Bajaj Art Gallery<br />
* [[Bombay Natural History Society]]<br />
* [[Jehangir Art Gallery]] and the Pavement Gallery<br />
* [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya]], the main museum in [[Mumbai]]<br />
* [[National Gallery of Modern Art]]<br />
* [[Elphinstone College]]<br />
* Rhythm House<br />
* Max Müeller Bhavan &ndash; Indo-[[Germany|German]] cultural centre<br />
* Army & Navy Building, housing the Westside shopping store<br />
* [[David Sassoon Library]]<br />
* Ropewalk Street<br />
* [[Knesseth Eliyahoo Synagogue]]<br />
* [[Church of St Andrew and St Columba]]<br />
* Lion's Gate<br />
* [[K. R. Cama Oriental Institute]], Asia's oldest library and research archive exclusively devoted to [[Indo-Iranians|Indo-Iranian]] and [[Zoroastrian]] studies<br />
* [[Mumbai University]]<br />
* Civil and Sessions Court<br />
* The [[Great Western Building]], formerly Admiralty House.<br />
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{{Gallery<br />
|title= Kala Ghoda Area Landmarks<br />
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| File:KalaGhoda, Fort,Mumbai - panoramio (1).jpg | Kala Ghoda Fort<br />
| File:Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum JEG1857.jpg | Kalaghoda statue at the [[Jijamata Udyaan|Jijamata Udyan]], Byculla, Mumbai<br />
| File:Watson's-Hotel.jpg | [[Watson's Hotel]] in Kala Ghoda.<br />
| File:Army and Navy Building Mumbai.jpg |Army & Navy Building in Kala Ghoda<br />
| File:Kala ghoda mural.jpg|Kala Ghoda mural depicting a black horse<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kala Ghoda Arts Festival]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.kalaghodaassociation.com Kala Ghoda Art Festival Organizing Committee]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209030021/http://www.saffronart.com/artfest/kalaghoda_area.asp A History of the District]<br />
* [http://www.mumbaikar.com/en/blog/post/shivalika-sharma/kala-ghoda-festival-of-india-2009.html Kala Ghoda 2009]<br />
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