Mumbai
Mumbai
University Buildings
Founded
by Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Ready money, after whom is named the earlier of the
two structures, was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott. Flanked by the High Court
and the Old Secretariat, the buildings were completed in 1874.
Resplendent in a florid and highly decorative French Gothic style, the main
building with its turrets and gabled roof has a large circular window, with
its outer border originally made up of twelve stained glass skylights, depicting
the signs of the zodiac.
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