Friday, March 20, 2009

Jinnah House in Mumbai, India

The residence of Quaid-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah was built in 1936 is known as JINNAH HOUSE at a then exorbitant price of 200,000 rupees. Now worth around $60 million. It is located on Mount Pleasant Road in South Mumbai.

Designed by architect Claude Batley in the European-style architecture, the sea facing palatial bungalow was constructed using exquisite Italian marble and walnut woodwork. Specially imported Italian stone masons were employed for its construction with Jinnah personally supervising the construction "brick by brick". The property encompasses an area of 10,000 square metres (2.5 acres). The mansion, with its pointed arches and impressive columns, is currently in a dilapidated state, and much of the walnut panelling has rotted.

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