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Oval Maidan in photographs.

5 views from our Mumbai field note. Open any photograph to see it at full size.

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Oval Maidan’s open lawn with the Bombay High Court and Rajabai Clock Tower beyond the palms
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A cricket game on Oval Maidan beneath the Gothic roofline of the Bombay High Court
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Rajabai Clock Tower rising above a tree-lined road at the edge of the Fort campus
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Cream Art Deco apartment block with curved balconies on the corner beside Oval Maidan
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Cricket on Oval Maidan with the domed Western Railway headquarters above the trees
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Photo credits
  1. Aleksandr Zykov · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source
  2. Rangan Datta Wiki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
  3. Dr Murali Mohan Gurram · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
  4. DesiBoy101 · CC BY 4.0 · Source
  5. Rangan Datta Wiki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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