Peddar Road

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Peddar Road is the former name of a busy arterial road in South Mumbai passing through the affluent Cumballa Hill neighborhood.It is said to be resting on what was first known as Padam Hill. Its present name is Gopalrao Deshmukh Marg, after a social activist and reformer, though as with a very large number of Mumbai's roads it is commonly referred to by its former name (usually incorrectly spelled). The road begins at the well-known intersection of Kemp's Corner and extends down Cumballa Hill past the Mahalaxmi temple to the Haji Ali intersection. The very first "flyover" built in Mumbai connected Hughes Road to Peddar Road at Kemp's Corner.It is a posh residential area with some of the flats fetching a price of over Rs.10 million. Some of the buildings here too have a very scenic view of Mumbai.

Dr. Gopalrao Deshmukh, was the first President of the Indian Medical Association and the first Mayor of 'Bombay' after independence from the British.In fact, Dr Deshmukh lived on the Pedder Road in a palatial home that later made way for a multi storeyed building.A leading citizen of Mumbai,he was the personal friend of Sir Jamshetji Kanga. Of his famous descendents one can name Dr Uday Dokras,a world renowned author of Human Resource books, currently in GOAIR, who is his grandson.

Peddar Road came to be renamed in his honor. The road ends in a flyover which was known as the Kemp's Corner flyover before but has been rechristened as "Dr Goparao Deshmukh Uddanpul(Flyover)".