Wellington Pier, Mumbai

The first name for the pier (Bunder means port or more correctly, haven) was derived from the Palla fish that were sold at this spot in old times.

There was frantic activity on the Cotton Green, at the Customs' House and at the hydraulic presses where the raw staple was baled for export.

Beginning in 1900, the Administration started to reclaim the area in order build the Gateway of India, designed to welcome Emperor George V. The entire area now serves as a magnet for tourists visiting the gateway and nearby Taj building, going to the Elephanta Caves or coming in remembrance of the 26/11 attacks.

"Next day, they all went down to the sea, and there was a scene at the Apollo Bunder when Punch discovered that Meeta could not come too, and Judy learned that the ayah must be left behind.

But Punch found a thousand fascinating things in the rope, block, and steam-pipe line on the big P. and O. Steamer, long before Meeta and the ayah had dried their tears."