SpotGenie Fact: India’s First Traffic Signal
The very first traffic signal in India was installed in 1939 at Hornby Road, Mumbai, marking the beginning of modern traffic control.
SpotGenie Fact When was India’s very first traffic signal installed? Not in Delhi or Chennai, but in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1939, right at the busy intersection of Hornby Road (now Dadabhai Naoroji Road) and Esplanade Road, near Crawford Market.
This early signal was manually operated, likely using mechanical arms or mechanical indicators, long before green, yellow, red LEDs became the norm. Imagine navigating colonial-era, Bombay-horse-drawn carts, trams, and the occasional motorcar, guided by this pioneering signal.
It marked the beginning of modern traffic control in India, a small but pivotal innovation in infrastructure.
Isn’t it wild to think that traffic lights are just 85+ years old in India, and yet they’ve transformed how we move every single day?
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