Maharashtra Police Headquarters

Maharashtra Police Headquarters building (formerly Royal Alfred Sailors' Home) is a Grade I listed UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Mumbai that was built between 1872 and 1876, and designed by the British architect Frederick William Stevens, who also designed the Victoria Terminus.[1] The building is often confused with Mumbai Police Headquarters, also built in Gothic Revival style, and several newspapers often carry the image of Maharashtra headquarters while reporting on the latter.[2][3] The headquarters are located at Wellington Circle in Fort, and face the Wellington Fountain.[4]
Maharashtra Police Headquarters buildingRoyal Alfred Sailors' Home
An 1870s photograph of what was then the Royal Alfred Sailors' Home.
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Royal Alfred Sailors' Home, the previous occupant of the building, was named after Prince Alfred, the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, who visited Bombay in 1870. It was a recuperation centre for sick European sailors, and provided accommodation for 20 officers and about 100 seamen. After 1928, it served as the Legislative Assembly and then the Bombay Council Hall until 1982, when the Maharashtra Police moved into the building.
The historic structure called Royal Alfred Sailors' Home was built at the height of maritime trade in Bombay, which had become a busy port during the British Raj.[5] It was designed by Frederick William Stevens, an engineer with the Indian Public Works Department, and named after the "sailor prince" Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert who had visited Bombay in 1870.[1] It could accommodate 20 officers and 100 sea men.[6] The Maharaja of Baroda Khanderao II Gaekwad contributed ₹2,00,000 towards the construction of the building.[7]
The building was Stevens's first important commission in the city and he was supervised by James Augustus Fuller.[8] His efforts were described as "an early attempt to infuse Gothic architecture with Muslim nuances".[1] It was acquired by the Government of India in 1928 from the Committee of Royal Alfred Sailors' Home.[9] It then served as the Legislative Assembly and the Bombay Council Hall, until the new council hall was built in 1982.[10] Following the departure, Maharashtra Police moved into the building and currently occupies the site.

One of the best Gothic architecture building in Mumbai, it is of national importance and heritage building. Jai Hind Jai Maharashtra

In 1896 the Commissioner's office moved to an Anglo-Gothic revival building, which it still occupies to this day. The Police Headquarters building is a protected heritage site. The Maharashtra Police Headquarters moved into what was known as the Royal Alfred Sailors' Home, in 1896. Construction began on the building in early 1872 and was finished four years later, in 1876. As its name suggests, it was made to accommodate 20 officers and 100 seamen. However, the building was actually conceived to commemorate the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1870. The Duke laid the Foundation stone during his visit.
The Maharashtra government acquired the building in 1928 to house the Bombay Legislative Council. The Police force subsequently moved in after it was vacated.

Beautiful building well maintained and a reminder of Bombays Victoria era.

It has one of the largest police departments in the country, having about 35 district police units in the state. The Maharashtra Police Department has a strength of nearly 1.95 lakh. It also has 1.5 lakh women in its force.
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