Way back on July 7, 1896, the Lumiere Brothers showcased six films here – marking the beginning of the Indian film industry. The legendary American author and humourist Mark Twain, stayed here and wrote about the city's crows he saw outside his balcony in Following the Equator. Muhammad Ali Jinnah used to play pool in the hotel, to make a little extra money for himself. According to a popular myth, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata decided to build the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower – located off Gateway of India -- after he was refused entry to this "whites only" place. Sir Richard Francis Burton, the British explorer and geographer and writer, who wrote The Kamasutra of Vatsyayana, too had...
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