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Bombay Velvet: Flashback images of maximum city from the 90s

Updated On: 14 December, 2018 04:00 PM IST |

There is something about nostalgia and Mumbai that can't be separated. Here's a look at some amazing images of the city from the 90s. Some things have changed since, while some remain the same

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A young boy tries to cool himself in a pool of water at a road construction site. All Pics/AFP

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A young boy tries to cool himself in a pool of water at a road construction site. All Pics/AFP
A young boy tries to cool himself in a pool of water at a road construction site. All Pics/AFP

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A young boy tries to cool himself in a pool of water at a road construction site. All Pics/AFP
The sun sets on the Arabian sea as people crowd the Haji Ali mosque

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The sun sets on the Arabian sea as people crowd the Haji Ali mosque
The sun sets on the Arabian sea as people crowd the Haji Ali mosque

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The sun sets on the Arabian sea as people crowd the Haji Ali mosque
A family inside a hut in Colaba during the broadcast of a budget

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A family inside a hut in Colaba during the broadcast of a budget
A family inside a hut in Colaba during the broadcast of a budget

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A family inside a hut in Colaba during the broadcast of a budget
People line up to enter the Haji Ali Mosque off south Mumbai to celebrate Eid El-Fitr

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People line up to enter the Haji Ali Mosque off south Mumbai to celebrate Eid El-Fitr
People line up to enter the Haji Ali Mosque off south Mumbai to celebrate Eid El-Fitr

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People line up to enter the Haji Ali Mosque off south Mumbai to celebrate Eid El-Fitr
A man pushes a cart in the middle of the traffic in CST

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A man pushes a cart in the middle of the traffic in CST
A man pushes a cart in the middle of the traffic in CST

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A man pushes a cart in the middle of the traffic in CST
Children from a shantytown in Sion play in waist-high water on a street

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Children from a shantytown in Sion play in waist-high water on a street
Children from a shantytown in Sion play in waist-high water on a street

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Children from a shantytown in Sion play in waist-high water on a street
Fast food kiosks on Mumbai beachfront are washed out after gale force winds whipped up tidal waves along the coast

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Fast food kiosks on Mumbai beachfront are washed out after gale force winds whipped up tidal waves along the coast
Fast food kiosks on Mumbai beachfront are washed out after gale force winds whipped up tidal waves along the coast

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Fast food kiosks on Mumbai beachfront are washed out after gale force winds whipped up tidal waves along the coast
School children with heavy backpacks gingerly make their way to school

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School children with heavy backpacks gingerly make their way to school
School children with heavy backpacks gingerly make their way to school

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School children with heavy backpacks gingerly make their way to school
Children play on a ferris wheel abandoned on the beach at Girgaun chowpatty

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Children play on a ferris wheel abandoned on the beach at Girgaun chowpatty
Children play on a ferris wheel abandoned on the beach at Girgaun chowpatty

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Children play on a ferris wheel abandoned on the beach at Girgaun chowpatty
Activists place wooden logs on tracks to prevent train services during a general strike

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Activists place wooden logs on tracks to prevent train services during a general strike
Activists place wooden logs on tracks to prevent train services during a general strike

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Activists place wooden logs on tracks to prevent train services during a general strike
Two poster painters work on portraits of Indian political leaders

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Two poster painters work on portraits of Indian political leaders
Two poster painters work on portraits of Indian political leaders

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Two poster painters work on portraits of Indian political leaders
Indian nationals deported from Saudi Arabia asks a port security officer in Mumbai how to find his way to Andra Pradesh

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Indian nationals deported from Saudi Arabia asks a port security officer in Mumbai how to find his way to Andra Pradesh
Indian nationals deported from Saudi Arabia asks a port security officer in Mumbai how to find his way to Andra Pradesh

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Indian nationals deported from Saudi Arabia asks a port security officer in Mumbai how to find his way to Andra Pradesh
Boys peep through broken glass at a school inside Chunabhatti mosque

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Boys peep through broken glass at a school inside Chunabhatti mosque
Boys peep through broken glass at a school inside Chunabhatti mosque

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Boys peep through broken glass at a school inside Chunabhatti mosque
Diwali being celebrated in Malabar Hill in south Bombay

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Diwali being celebrated in Malabar Hill in south Bombay
Diwali being celebrated in Malabar Hill in south Bombay

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Diwali being celebrated in Malabar Hill in south Bombay
A child with a Congress election symbol on his forehead, is lifted by his mother for Sonia Gandhi to see during an election rally at Shivaji Park

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A child with a Congress election symbol on his forehead, is lifted by his mother for Sonia Gandhi to see during an election rally at Shivaji Park
A child with a Congress election symbol on his forehead, is lifted by his mother for Sonia Gandhi to see during an election rally at Shivaji Park

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A child with a Congress election symbol on his forehead, is lifted by his mother for Sonia Gandhi to see during an election rally at Shivaji Park

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