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Povai, on a hill near Vehar in Salsette, has 500 Christians and a church dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It measures thirty feet long, twenty-four wide, and twenty-eight high, and was built with the stones of an older church which is now used as a burying ground. ADVERTISEMENT Povai gives its name to the Framji Kavasji [...]

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FRAMJI COWASJI BANAJI BOMBAY, 18th May, 1838 was the original landowner of Powai, where in the land was subsequently handed to Mr. Sir Mohammed Yusuf and then over to Freedom Fighter Chandrabhan Sharma. The Powai Estate in its palmy days was the glory of Western India. In addition to this, Framji was connected with numerous [...]

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ADVERTISEMENT IT Bombay was the second IIT to be established in 1958 with assistance from UNESCO and with funds contributed by theSoviet Union. UNESCO agreed to provide equipment and technical experts mainly from the Soviet Union, while the Government of India accepted the responsibility for all other expenses  the cost of the building project and recurring expenses. [...]

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By arzan sam wadia The renowned site where Powai Lake stands known as Framaji Kavasji was Powai Estate. It was in 1890 that the Britishers dug out the lake at a cost of Rs 6.5 lacs which was given to one Dr Scott in 1799 on payment of yearly rent of Rs 3,200. After Dr [...]

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