Mumbai's Taj hotel charged 1st guests ₹10 for rooms
The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, which opened 114 years ago on December 16, 1903, charged its first guests ₹10 for single rooms and ₹13 for rooms with attached bathrooms and fans. It is said that Jamsetji Tata decided to build the hotel after he was denied entry into Watson's Hotel, which was known to have an 'all-white' clientele.