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{{Infobox building<br />
| name = Usha Kiran Building<br />
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| image = <br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
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| location = [[Tardeo]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]]<br />
| address = [[Carmichael Road]], Tardeo, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra, India<br />
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| start_date = <br />
| completion_date = 1961<br />
| inauguration_date = 1961<br />
| building_type = Residential<br />
| antenna_spire = <br />
| roof = <br />
| top_floor = {{convert|80|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br />
| floor_count = 25<br />
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| architectural_style= [[Modernism]]<br />
| cost = <br />
| floor_area = <br />
| architect = Dilawar Noorani<br />
| structural_engineer= <br />
| main_contractor = Karim Noorani and Co<br />
| developer = <br />
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'''Usha Kiran Building''' is a residential complex in the neighbourhood of [[Tardeo]] in [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. At 80 meters, it became the first skyscraper in Mumbai and surpassed the [[LIC Building]] in [[Chennai]] to become the tallest building in the country and held the title until 1970 when the 35-storied [[World Trade Center Mumbai]] was built in South Mumbai.<br />
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==History==<br />
The building was completed in 1961.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}<br />
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==Location==<br />
The tower is located on [[Carmichael Road]] in the neighbourhood of Tardeo. The tower is the only high-rise building on the Carmichael Road locality.<ref name=toi60>{{cite news |title=60-yr-old south Mumbai bungalow sold for Rs 300cr|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-22/mumbai/28257673_1_bungalow-property-cessed-carmichael-road |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629123506/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-22/mumbai/28257673_1_bungalow-property-cessed-carmichael-road |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |date=22 September 2010 |work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref> The building was designed by Dilawar Noorani, an architect from Mumbai, working for Karim Noorani and Co.<br />
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==The tower==<br />
The tower rises to 80 meters and has 25 floors. It was one of the few buildings in the city to have its own swimming pool in the 1960s.<ref name="DNA_Marisha">{{Cite news <br />
| last = Karwa <br />
| first = Marisha <br />
| title = Glory days in city's first skyscraper<br />
| newspaper = DNA<br />
| location = Mumbai<br />
| date = 31 July 2016<br />
| url = https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-glory-days-in-city-s-first-skyscraper-2239567<br />
| access-date = 15 September 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Incidents==<br />
A fire broke out in the building on 27 June 2020. It is said that the fire started in a car park, damaging five cars. However, no casualties were reported.<ref>{{cite news<br />
| title = Mumbai: Fire at Usha Kiran building on Carmichael Road <br />
| newspaper = The Free Press Journal<br />
| location = Mumbai<br />
| publisher = Freepressjournal.in<br />
| date = 27 June 2020<br />
| url = https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-fire-at-usha-kiran-building-on-carmichael-road<br />
| access-date = 16 September 2020}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|India}}<br />
* [[List of tallest buildings in Mumbai]]<br />
* [[List of tallest buildings in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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{{Mumbai topics}}<br />
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{{coord missing|Maharashtra}}<br />
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[[Category:Skyscrapers in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Residential skyscrapers in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Residential skyscrapers in India]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1961]]<br />
[[Category:1961 establishments in Maharashtra]]</div>
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