<p>A heritage bungalow in Mumbai that housed writer Rudyard Kipling — known for his short story collection “The Jungle Book”, novel “Kim” and the poem “Mandalay” — would be preserved and converted into a tourist attraction by the Maharashtra government.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The bungalow on Dr Dadabhoy Naoroji Road is located inside the campus of the Sir J J School of Art that is surrounded by several heritage buildings, including the Crawford Market and the Mumbai Police commissionerate. A few metres away from this place is the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, a UNESCO-heritage building. Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde, who also holds the cultural affairs portfolio, has assured that the government would ensure that the bungalow emerges as a tourist spot. The artefacts inside the bungalow would be properly displayed.<br /><br />Kipling was born in this bungalow inside the Sir J J School of Art on December 30, 1865, to John Lockwood Kipling and Alice Kipling. His father was an English art teacher, illustrator and museum curator.<br /><br />The School was founded in March 1857, named after Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy, a businessman and philanthropist, who donated Rs 1,00,000 for its endowment. In 1866, management of the school was taken over by the British government and Lockwood Kipling, became its first dean.<br /><br />The school campus, including the Kipling House, better known as the Dean’s Bungalow, is classified as Grade II heritage structure by the Government of Maharashtra and underwent a restoration in 2002-2006, and again in 2008.<br /><br />The Maharashtra government over the last decade has been making efforts to convert the bungalow into a museum in memory of Kipling, a nobel laureate.<br /></p>
<p>A heritage bungalow in Mumbai that housed writer Rudyard Kipling — known for his short story collection “The Jungle Book”, novel “Kim” and the poem “Mandalay” — would be preserved and converted into a tourist attraction by the Maharashtra government.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The bungalow on Dr Dadabhoy Naoroji Road is located inside the campus of the Sir J J School of Art that is surrounded by several heritage buildings, including the Crawford Market and the Mumbai Police commissionerate. A few metres away from this place is the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, a UNESCO-heritage building. Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde, who also holds the cultural affairs portfolio, has assured that the government would ensure that the bungalow emerges as a tourist spot. The artefacts inside the bungalow would be properly displayed.<br /><br />Kipling was born in this bungalow inside the Sir J J School of Art on December 30, 1865, to John Lockwood Kipling and Alice Kipling. His father was an English art teacher, illustrator and museum curator.<br /><br />The School was founded in March 1857, named after Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy, a businessman and philanthropist, who donated Rs 1,00,000 for its endowment. In 1866, management of the school was taken over by the British government and Lockwood Kipling, became its first dean.<br /><br />The school campus, including the Kipling House, better known as the Dean’s Bungalow, is classified as Grade II heritage structure by the Government of Maharashtra and underwent a restoration in 2002-2006, and again in 2008.<br /><br />The Maharashtra government over the last decade has been making efforts to convert the bungalow into a museum in memory of Kipling, a nobel laureate.<br /></p>
