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'''Malabar Hill''' ([[ISO 15919|ISO]]: '''Malabār Hill''' [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[mələbaːɾ]]]) is a hillock and upmarket residential neighbourhood in [[South Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Malabar Hill is the most exclusive residential area in [[Mumbai]].<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-malabar-hill-how-a-jungle-turned-into-a-posh-address-1569445 Tuesday, 26 July 2011 | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA]</ref> It is home to several business tycoons and film personalities. Notable residents include [[Adi Godrej]], [[Cyrus Broacha]], the [[Birla family]], [[Shashi Ruia]] & family, [[Pallonji Mistry]], the [[Sajjan Jindal|Jindal]] family, the [[Petit baronets|Petit family]], the Shah family,the Sanghvi family,the bilakhia family, the Thakkar family etc. As of 2014 it is one of the most expensive areas in the world regularly featuring in the top 10 world wide localities.

Prominent landmarks include the [[List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister of Maharashtra]]'s [[Varsha bungalow|Bungalow]], Government Guest House Sahyadri, official residences of VVIP state officials and additionally the [[Hanging Gardens of Mumbai|Hanging Gardens]], [[Walkeshwar#Places of interest|Jain Temple]] & [[Banganga Tank]].

==History==

Malabar Hill is the location of the [[Walkeshwar Temple]], founded by the [[Silhara dynasty|Silhara kings]]. The original temple was destroyed by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]], but rebuilt again in 1715 by [[Rama Kamath]], and by 1860, 10 to 20 other temples were built in the region.<ref name="bri">[http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019PHO0000960S1U00004000 British Library]</ref>

[[Mountstuart Elphinstone]] built the first [[bungalow]] in Malabar Hill while he was [[Governor of Bombay]], between 1819 and 1827. Following his example, the place soon became an affluent locality, as it remains today.<ref name=bri/>

==Overview==

[[Raj Bhavan, Mumbai|Raj Bhavan]], the official residence of the [[List of current Indian governors|governor of Maharashtra]], 'Varsha', which is the official residence of the [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], 'Glenogle' the official residence of the General Manager of Central Railway (erstwhile [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]) are located here.{{fact|date=June 2022}}

An unhindered view of [[Back Bay (Mumbai)|Back Bay]], with the [[Girgaum Chowpatti|Girgaon Chowpatty]] beach in the foreground, and the [[Nariman Point]] skyline in the background is one of the reasons for the high real estate prices. In January 2012, Maheshwari House was (partly) sold to industrialist [[Sajjan Jindal]] of Jindal Steel for 400 crores.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} The most expensive private residence lies just outside Malabar Hill on Altamount Road off Pedder Road, namely [[Antilia (building)|Antilia]], the 27-storey, billion-dollar tower in Mumbai, owned by India's richest and the world's fifth-richest person [[Mukesh Ambani]], the chairman of Reliance Industries.{{fact|date=June 2022}}

Buses only started serving this area during [[World War II]].{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

[[South Court]] (informally known as the '[[Jinnah House]]'), the former residence of [[Mohammad Ali Jinnah]], founder of [[Pakistan]] is also present here, but is closed to public due to property disputes.<ref>[[Jinnah of Pakistan]] by Stanley Wolpert</ref><ref name="dawn_naqvi_11_2017">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1368925|title=Two daughters and sons-in-law|last=Naqvi|first=Jawed|date=2017-11-07|work=dawn.com|access-date=2017-12-26|language=en-US}}</ref>

Also of note in the Malabar Hill district, there is a cremation ground that sits near the sea which is home to the samadhi shrines of several famous Indian saints. Notably among them is the samadhi shrine of the guru of Shri [[Nisargadatta]] Maharaj, who was Shri [[Siddharameshwar]] Maharaj, as well as the samadhi shrine of his devoted disciple Shri Ranjit Maharaj.<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/5890603/ma/Shri_Siddharameshwar_Maharaj_Samadhi Shri Ranjit Maharaj]</ref>

Amongst the notable people born in Malabar Hill included [[Douglas Jardine]], the English cricketer who captained England during the [[Bodyline tour]] of Australia in 1932-33.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jardine, Douglas R :: Checkout information on your favourite players with CricketCrowd Clip-Dex |url=https://cricketcrowd.com/player-profile.html?player=702 |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=cricketcrowd.com |language=en-au}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
File:Malabar Hill from Xavier's, Bombay LACMA M.90.24.4.jpg|Malabar Hill from St. Xavier's, Late 1860s,
File:Malabarpoint governmenthouse bombay.jpg|''Malabar Point'', [[Bombay]], 1865.
File:Hanging Gardens Malabar Hill.jpg|The Hanging Gardens at Malabar Hill (ca. 1905).
File:Bombay10.jpg|Priyadarshini Park in Mumbai.
File:Malabar Hill (aerial view).jpg|Aerial view of Malabar Hill.
File:Mumbai 03-2016 27 skyline at Marine Drive.jpg|View of [[Marine Drive, Mumbai]] from Malabar Hill.
</gallery>

==References==
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* http://www.amazingmaharashtra.com/2013/04/malabar-hill.html

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