In 1935, which mansion having a distinctive edifice with a unique polygonal architecture
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The Regal Building (top & above) in Bistupur being demolished to make way for a shopping mall with underground parking. Pictures by Bhola Prasad
Jamshedpur lovers and quiz buffs, answer this. Which colonial building in the city is made of leftover steel from Howrah Bridge?
Bharucha Mansion or Regal Building, the distinctive Raj era edifice in the heart of Bistupur, used the steel, says one of its inheritors Adil Keki Gazder (70).
The nearly 80-year-old building is facing the rude jolt of modernity as a part of it has been broken down for a mall.
Popular as Regal Building as it faced the then Regal Maidan — the ground’s nomenclature changed to Gopal Maidan in the 1990s as a tribute to slain Tata Workers’ Union chief V.G. Gopal — and housed Regal Talkies, the heritage building won’t be the same again.
Built by Khurshed Maneckji Bharucha in 1935, the first Indian chief cashier at Tata Steel, the structure has a unique polygonal architecture and design. In 1950, the landmark housed Regal Talkies, a plush theatre that gave Nataraj, the city favourite, a run for its money. Both Regal and Nataraj shut shop in the mid-1980s.
A few years ago, Bharucha’s daughters sold Regal Talkies portion to a couple of city businessmen. The duo started to construct a shopping mall with underground parking, an endeavour that the Tata Steel sublease row has stalled as the matter is sub judice.
But the die-hards are lamenting at the construction that bears no resemblance to the colonial structure.
“The old architecture is unique,” says Gazder, a grandson of the late Bharucha, who inherited a portion from his mother Meher.
Gazder, who lives at Bharucha Mansion with his family, said his aunts Perin. A. Hodiwala and Khorshed D. Billimoria sold their inheritance to the businessmen duo.
“Tata Steel management asked my grandfather if he was interested in buy the excess steel (from Howrah Bridge). My grandfather agreed since he was planning to build this mansion,” Gazder said.
The building had come up under supervision of architects A. Dinshaw, a Parsi, and C.C. Bayigle, a Briton. “It took three years,” Gazder said. “No cement was used. You can’t hammer a nail on the walls of this building. They’ll get blunt. A mixture of jaggery, lime and brick was used for plaster. Surgi, a kind of soil, was used as the top layer,” Gazder said.
Bharucha, who died in 1950, had wanted outstation Parsi youths who came to work in Tata Steel to stay at the building, his grandson added.
Amitava Ghosh, co-convener (Jharkhand) of Intach, said: “Regal Building for Jamshedpur is like Calcutta’s Victoria Memorial and Howrah Bridge, it’s a part of the city’s skyline. According to Jharkhand Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites Remains and Art Treasures Act, no portion of a heritage building can be demolished. Sadly, this act is not implemented in Jharkhand because the government hasn’t yet identified the structures,” Ghosh added.
Former district governor of Rotary Club (Jamshedpur) and hotelier Ronald D’Costa, whose Boulevard Hotel stands opposite Regal Building, said: “I’ve launched an awareness campaign to conserve city heritage structures. Regal Building should stay as it is.”
The mall investors refused to speak on the matter.
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You were right anjalishaw1 about everything, here where you are wrong.
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You were right that the The Regal Building aka Bharucha Mansion is a heart of jamshedpur since world war 2 you were right that the building is running by respected Adil Keki Gazder (70). you were forget that the building was taken care by woman name Nargis. how do I know, because the first shop in the line which faces Bistupur police station belongs to singer's dealers who was my Granddad "C.B. Ram" and that shop ran by my 2 generations until mr Gazdar forcefully shut it down in 2004, throws all my machines, and stocks out from the shop and painted it black. we were fighting a case against him until he erase from that like we never exists .
i was just 10 that time. thanks to mr gazdar he destoyed my life and left my family to rot in jamshedpur. my father who gave his whole life to run a bussiness now he cant go near that building it is like seeing a deadbody of your love ones...
The building which destoys a life and a family doesnt deserve to call heritage
I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE THAT BUILDING DESTROYED INTO DUST SO WHEN I CAME BACK TO JHARKHAND I DONT HAVE TO SEE THAT BUILDING ANYMORE.
Prasad jr send his regards mr Gazdar