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Marine Drive, Mumbai

Marine Drive, often referred to as the Queen's Necklace, is a 3-kilometre-long promenade along the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road in Mumbai (Bombay), India. The road and promenade were constructed by Pallonji Mistry in 1940. It is a banana-shaped, six-lane concrete road along the coast of a natural bay. At the northern end of Marine Drive is Girgaon Chowpatty, and the adjacent road links Nariman Point at the southern tip to Babulnath and Malabar Hill at the northern tip. Marine Drive is situated on reclaimed land facing west-south-west. Marine Drive is known as the Queen's Necklace because, when viewed at night from above, the streetlights resemble a string of pearls in a necklace.

Notable places
Places situated near Marine drive road: • The headquarters of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Indian Premier League (IPL) situated inside premises of Wankhede stadium. • Headquarter of Mumbai Cricket Association, governing body for cricket in Mumbai district. ==Major events==
Major events
Major events and incidents happened on this place as of 1 October 2024: • IAF airshow, 17 October 2004 and 12 to 14 January 2024 • Mumbai Marathon (every year since) 9 February 2004 — an international marathon. • International Fleet Review 19 February 2001 — The world's major navies took part in the IFR. • French Festival 1988. • Terror attacks in 1993, 2003, and 2008: terrorists attacked targets near here and in other parts of the city. One of them, Ajmal Kasab, crashed a stolen car after driving it over a traffic island at Marine Drive and was apprehended. Two of Kasab's fellow terrorists, (identified as Fahadullah and Abdul Rehman alias A.R. Chota) attacked the Trident and Oberoi hotels and murdered 30 people in 3 days with assault rifles, pistols, and explosives before being gunned down by National Security Guard (NSG) commandos. ==See also==
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