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Maharashtra Police Headquarters

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Royal Alfred Sailors' Home, Bombay 1870
Royal Alfred Sailors' Home, Bombay 1870

Maharashtra Police Headquarters building (formerly Royal Alfred Sailors' Home) is a Grade I listed UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Mumbai that was built between 1872 and 1876, and designed by the British architect Frederick William Stevens, who also designed the Victoria Terminus. The building is often confused with Mumbai Police Headquarters, also built in Gothic Revival style, and several newspapers often carry the image of Maharashtra headquarters while reporting on the latter. The headquarters are located at Wellington Circle in Fort, and face the Wellington Fountain.Royal Alfred Sailors' Home, the previous occupant of the building, was named after Prince Alfred, the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, who visited Bombay in 1870. It was a recuperation centre for sick European sailors, and provided accommodation for 20 officers and about 100 seamen. After 1928, it served as the Legislative Assembly and then the Bombay Council Hall until 1982, when the Maharashtra Police moved into the building.

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Maharashtra Police Headquarters
Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai Zone 1 (Mumbai)

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Shahid Bhagat Singh Road
400023 Mumbai, Zone 1 (Mumbai)
Maharashtra, India
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