Mumbai's Taj hotel charged 1st guests â¹10 for rooms
The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, which opened 114 years ago on December 16, 1903, charged its first guests â¹10 for single rooms and â¹13 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. 