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{{Infobox body of water<br />
| name = Back Bay<br />
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| other_name = Backbay<br />
| image = A bit of Back Bay and Malabar Hill.jpeg<br />
| alt = View of Back Bay, circa 1905<br />
| caption = View of Back Bay, {{circa|1905}}<br />
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| location = south of Mumbai, India<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|18.94|N|72.81|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| type = bay<br />
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| oceans = Arabian Sea<br />
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| cities = Mumbai, India<br />
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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of Back Bay within Mumbai<br />
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'''Back Bay''' is a waterbody off the coast of [[Mumbai]] city, located to its (south) west and joins the [[Arabian Sea]].<br />
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The shore of Back Bay includes the famed [[Girgaum Chowpatty|Chowpatty Beach]] of Mumbai. Other landmarks are the office district of [[Nariman Point]], which is an extension of the [[Back Bay Reclamation]]; [[Marine Drive, Mumbai|Marine Drive]], which is a promenade road along much of the [[foreshore]], that is colloquially called [[The Queen's Necklace]], and has been renamed as the [[Netaji Subhashchandra Bose]] Road; the [[Oberoi Hotels|Oberoi Hotel]]; the [[Air India]] headquarters building; the [[Marine Plaza Hotel]]; the [[Taraporewala Aquarium]]; [[Wilson College, Mumbai|Wilson College]], and the [[Malabar Hill]] [[promontory]] to the north-west of the bay, and which includes the wooded [[Raj Bhavan, Mumbai|Governor's House]] or Raj Bhavan compound.<br />
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[[File:BackBayMumbai gobeirne.jpg|thumb|550px|none|Back Bay viewed from the south east]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Mahim Bay]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{commonscat|Back Bay (Mumbai)}}<br />
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* {{cite web |title=The Backbay Reclamations |url=http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/backbay-reclamation.html |publisher=TIFR |access-date=1 March 2013}}<br />
* https://m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/Entire-Backbay-area-in-Mumbai-may-be-opened-up-for-development/articleshow/39569820.cms<br />
* https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/30/story-cities-11-reclamation-mumbai-bombay-megacity-population-density-flood-risk<br />
* https://www.asianage.com/metros/mumbai/310318/state-gives-backbay-plot-for-metro-station.html<br />
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[[Category:Landforms of Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Bays of India]]</div>>MPGuy2824