Bund Garden, Pune

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Bund Garden is located 2 km from the Pune Railway Station. The gardens are situated next to Fitzgerald Bridge and take their name from the bund, or dam, on the Mula river.[1]

History[edit]

Bund Gardens in the 1870s.

These mini dams built by Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, the Parsi businessman and philanthropist,[2] served as a source of irrigation water for the under-privileged. The garden was opened in 1869 when the bridge was completed. It was planned by Colonel Sellon who was able to transform the waste space into a garden,[3] known today as the "Mahatma Gandhi Udyan" a reference to the existing bridge that leads to the Gandhi National Memorial.

References[edit]

  1. http://www.virasatpune.com/fitzgerald-bridge/
  2. "Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy – Bombay's most worthy son". 2 March 2011.
  3. "Bund Gardens from the Fitzgerald Bridge, Pune".

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Coordinates: 18°32′29.4″N 73°53′0.95″E / 18.541500°N 73.8835972°E / 18.541500; 73.8835972