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{{Infobox historic site
| name = Convocation Hall
| native_name =
| other_name = Bombay University Convocation Hall
| native_language =
| image = [[File:Bombay University Convocation Hall in the 1870s.jpg|300px]]
| caption = An 1870s photograph of the Convocation Hall
| type =
| coordinates = {{coord| 18.929775 | 72.830027 |display=inline}}
| locmapin = India Mumbai#India
| location = [[Oval Maidan]]
| area = [[Fort, Mumbai]]
| built = 1874
| architect = [[Sir George Gilbert Scott]]
| architecture = [[Gothic Revival]], [[Venetian Gothic]]
| governing_body =
| owner =
}}

The '''Convocation Hall''' or '''Cowasji Jehangir Convocation Hall''' at the [[University of Mumbai]] is part of the [[Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai|Victorian buildings]] complex around the [[Oval Maidan]] in [[Mumbai]] that is a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]]. It was built between 1869 and 1874, and designed by [[Sir George Gilbert Scott]], who incidentally never visited Bombay and worked from [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/c/019pho001000s22u2192a000.html|title=Convocation Hall of the University, Bombay.|first=Colin|last=Wright|website=www.bl.uk}}</ref>

It is also known as the Cowasji Jehangir Convocation Hall, after the [[Parsi]] philanthropist [[Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney]], who funded the construction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/mumbai-honoured-to-have-scott-s-designs/story-At4qBQqwkOPznkDEMPk2QM.html|title='Mumbai honoured to have Scott's designs'|date=August 4, 2011|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> In 2006–07, the hall was restored by a team led by the conservation architect [[Abha Narain Lambah]]. The project was given the Award of Distinction under the [[UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/heritage/article30193363.ece|title=Heritage hall|first=LYLA|last=BAVADAM|website=Frontline}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/University-hall-in-UNESCO-hall-of-fame/articleshow/15763488.cms|title=University hall in UNESCO hall of fame|website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Mumbai University Convention Hall Outside View Panorama.jpg|The semi-circular 'chancel' of the hall
File:Opposite to the convocation hall is clock tower, Mumbai university 2.jpg|A statue of an Indian prince in a niche
File:Mumbai University convocation hall photo 18.JPG|The circular [[stained glass]] window with designs of the Zodiac signs
File:Mumbai University convocation hall photo 2.jpg|A statue of [[Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney]] who donated money for construction
</gallery>

==References==
{{commons category|Convocation Hall (University of Mumbai)}}
{{reflist}}

[[Category:The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai]]
[[Category:1874 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Gothic Revival architecture in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1874]]
[[Category:Venetian Gothic architecture]]
[[Category:University of Mumbai]]

Convocation Hall, University of Mumbai - Revision history

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