Carmichael Road
residential street in Maharashtra, India
Carmichael Road is an upmarket residential street of Mumbai, India. Situated on a ridge in South Mumbai, it is now officially called Mahadev Laxman Dahanukar Marg. It has many old style bungalows and apartment houses, such as the art deco Kamal Mahal of film director, Kamal Amrohi.
The street and surrounding neighbourhood is and has been home to Mumbai's rich and famous such as the Modys, the Commissariats, the Dahanukars, the Somaiyas, the Lalbhais, the Walchands and the Morarjees.
History
The street is likely named for David Fremantle Carmichael, former member of the Madras Legislative Council and British Indian Civil servant.
The hill slopes of the street started being developed in the 1920s, with the bungalow of Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai being amongst the earliest, and by 1930 numerous large homes had come up on the street, many built on Rs 100,000 to Rs 150,000 at the time. The road is a declared heritage precinct, and falls within the Coastal Regulation Zone-2 and had a height restriction of 75 to 80 m; that is buildings can be a maximum of 25 storeys. The road has only one high-rise building, the 25-storey Usha Kiran built in the mid-1960s. The Usha Kiran building was designed by Mumbai architect Dilawar Noorani of Karim Noorani and Co.
Redevelopment on the road comes under heritage rules, except for a "cessed structure", which either has tenants or was constructed prior to 1940.
The public source identifies “Carmichael Road” as residential street in Maharashtra, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Carmichael, Road and residential.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5043666. Authority coordinates are 18.971, 72.812. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1930 and 1940.
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