Bombay duck Mail (or Bombay "Daak") thus reeked of the fish smell and "You smell like the Bombay Daak" was a common term in use in the days of the British Raj. In Bombay, the local English speakers then called it so, but it was eventually corrupted into "Bombay duck". Nonetheless, the "Oxford English Dictionary" dates "Bombay duck" to at least 1850, two years before the first railroad in Bombay was constructed, making this explanation unlikely. According to local Bangladeshi stories, the term Bombay duck was first coined by Robert Clive, after he tasted a piece during his conquest of Bengal. He
Bombay Rock Bombay Rock The Bombay Rock is a rock music venue located in Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, which originally ran from 1977 to 1991 when was destroyed by a fire. The venue had previously been located in Bourke Street in the city under the name of the Bombay Bicycle Club. Operated by Joe Gualtieri, it was described in the 1980s as "...an old style rock barn ... with all the style and grace of a converted factory" and was to the working class, what "Billboard" was to the Middle Class. The Bombay rock was then renowned for both the range