<img title="Throwback Thursday: Vintage picture of GPO Mumbai" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/apr/20-GPO-Mumbai.jpg" alt="Throwback Thursday: Vintage picture of GPO Mumbai" />General Post Office, Mumbai. Pic/Mumbai Heritage
The General Post Office, Mumbai was designed by British architect John Begg, a consultant architect to the British government. Begg designed the structure in 1902, and construction began on 1 September 1904.
It was completed on March 13, 1913 at a cost of Rs 1,809,000.
The predominant materials used to construct were black basalt, with a dressing of yellow Kurla stone and white stones from Dhrangdra.
Situated in the vicinity of Victoria Terminus, this outstanding structure is a paradigm of Indo-Saracenic architecture.
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Designed by John Begg, The General Post Office of Mumbai near CST was completed on 31 March 1913 at a total cost of Rs.10,09,000.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/indiapost?src=hash">#indiapost</a> <a href="https://t.co/kbSl5yjkUl">pic.twitter.com/kbSl5yjkUl</a>
&mdash; Mumbai Heritage (@mumbaiheritage) <a href="https://twitter.com/mumbaiheritage/status/847782451313246209">March 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The General Post Office, Mumbai was designed by British architect John Begg, a consultant architect to the British government. Begg designed the structure in 1902, and construction began on 1 September 1904

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