Mumbai: Almost every December in the 1870s, Cave Elephanta Grim echoed a series of lively Scottish votes.
A steamer loaned by the government will direct a group of “young youth and lassi” with coolie rolled docks for annual shedding coats, hats, and their obstacles.
Immediately, the arrow will be blown through the tube for a prize of two rupees, the racket will be shaken for the ‘Battledoor’ round of ‘Battledoor,’ Hanging’s words will be picked for laughter and the Three-faced Indian god will be imagined to smile at their chorus from the ‘Auld Lang Syne’ ballad.
Apart from cold poultry dishes, ham, bacon and cakes, drinks in the annual picnic Pulute Scottish Bombay including lemonade, ice water, tea and “wee drappie” from something stronger for adults.
This rare snapshot when the Scottish Presbyterian army migrated to India as part of the East Indian company after the formation of the United Kingdom, was among the many chapters of the forgotten history of the Scottish Scottish Turning 175 Bombay which would be restored by the Mahim.
On February 18.
Not many know that this elite Alma of many elite families began living as ‘Scottish female orphanage’ in 1847.
Started by Scottish Christian missionaries to educate girls of Scottish Presbyteria soldiers and Indian orphanages, then join.
With the 1857 orphanage for the presbyterians’ men to form ‘Male Presbyterian Bombay and Women’s Orphanage’ before evolving into ‘Bombay Scottish Pantighan’ in 1863.
Skimming through a list of handwriting rolls calls from 1848 recently induced goosebumps In the Principal Sunita George whose mind gave rise to the famous Scottish ballroom party scene which must have played in the ‘living room’ soon – ‘inheritance block’ which must be restored — the oldest of five buildings on the two-hectare school campus.
“The building is his own inheritance running,” said George, referring to the 144-year-old Awakening Style of Gothic Awakening, Monolite Stone Basal which has survived from the epidemic-and rejan-cough outbreak during the World War for the bankruptcy driven by Independence to men who sneak with weapons to seek reception.
Architects and Urban Conservation Companies Brinda Somaya will peel the paint layer to recover the structure that appeared in 1878 when the orphanage bought a large plot of land along the Maham Bay.
One side of Cadell Road grows a curved limit warn reminiscent of the Middle Ages Scottish Palace.
The orphanage teak dormitory was facing the Arabian sea and there was even a playground overlooking the sea which was then converted by BMC into a public park.
“Mum Don” will be an unofficial alias from “female supervisors” who are tight at the orphanage after becoming a dormitory school at the beginning of the 20th century.
“Most people think we are orphans,” recalled Alumnus Amelia based in Malad, Amelia Greene D’Souza, who had joined a dormitory school in 1946, a few decades before the orphanage was closed and the institution deactivated the stigmatization words.
‘Orphanage’ from his moniker.
With a tiny bathtub, Bloomers (underwear), Tariah’s behavior and table, the vibration is Cinderella meets white snow.
G11, the number was printed with an indelible ink in his uniform and blue-navy sheets, not yet washed his memory.
“Our syllabus is a junior and senior Cambridge.
And our test paper first came from England,” Remember D’Souza, the Anglo-India root – embedded in the name of the ‘Greene’ girl’s family – helped safe reception at the time.
“When you have to be Europe or Anglo-India from the British Church” to accept education here.
From his memory, Mr.
Adam Mackay, the last principal of the last school, became easy to gather: wavy hair, a flammable face, long black school head dress, skin strap that will hit the deviant boy “just under the feet”, Players enthusiastic about Bagpipes.
School routes blew fresh phlox flowers, thanks to the wife of loving head gardening, Lady Mackay.
Sense Dresses that are immaculate and tie are tied to all teachers including His Hindi Teacher, Mr.
Pandit, who is usually interesting d’souza for his poor command for Hindi.
“I can never sing Vande Mataram,” said D’Souza when driven until August 15, 1947.
Ballroom, Bagpipes, Bond: Scottish Bombay 175 years old
