Navy Nagar is located at the extreme south promontory of Mumbai city, and is linked to it through the Colaba Causeway.

[3] In 1743, the island of Colaba was leased to a British man called Richard Broughton at a sum of Rs.

At that time, Colaba was well known for the variety of fish that were found in nearby waters, including bombil (the dried form of which is called "Bombay Duck"), rawas, halwa, turtles, crabs, prawns and lobsters.

[4] With the completion of the Colaba Causeway in 1838, these remaining two islands were joined to the rest of Mumbai.

Horse-drawn tram-cars operated by Stearns and Kitteredge (whose offices are today's "Electric House") provided transport to this new developed area.

Meanwhile, structures and bungalows continued to be built sporadically in Navy Nagar to house members of the troops.

In 1926, a motor bus route was introduced between Afghan church, located at the fringes of Navy Nagar and Crawford market.

[8] Navy Nagar truly started to be developed in the 1960s with the laying out of neat well planned roads, setting up of the Western naval command, construction of sailors quarters in the vicinity of a market for defence personnel (Sumitra market) and the building of accommodations for bachelors, a mess for officers (Command mess), a sports stadium and swimming pool (Kohli stadium), accommodations for the survivors of the naval ship INS Khukri (Khukri house) and the setting up of the TIFR.