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1. www.britannica.com › place › MumbaiMumbai | History, Culture & Attractions | Britannica

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   1 day ago · Mumbai, city, capital of Maharashtra state, southwestern India. It is the country’s financial and commercial center and its principal port on the Arabian Sea. What is life like in Mumbai? Overview of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Located on Maharashtra’s coast, Mumbai is India’s most-populous city, and it is one of the largest and most ...

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2. www.britannica.com › place › MaharashtraMaharashtra | Capital, Map, Population, & Government

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   1 day ago · Maharashtra, state of India, occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan plateau in the western peninsular part of the subcontinent. Its capital city is Mumbai, India’s most populous city as well as the country’s financial and commercial center.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BB. R. Ambedkar - Wikipedia

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   5 days ago · Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru, and inspired the Dal...

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chhatrapati_ShivajiChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport ( IATA: BOM, ICAO: VABB) is an international airport serving Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rudyard_KiplingRudyard Kipling - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Malabar Point, Bombay, 1865. Rudyard Kipling was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, to Alice Kipling (born MacDonald) and John Lockwood Kipling.

6. www.earthtrekkers.com › this-is-mumbai-indiaThis is Mumbai, India – Earth Trekkers

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   5 days ago · Mumbai, known as Bombay until 1996, is one of the world’s largest cities by population. This city is the fifth largest in the world and the largest in India. Most of the city’s population lives in slums, which we learned on our tour of Dharavi with Reality Tours .

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   Why is Mumbai called Bombay?

   • It became known as Bombay during the British colonial period, the name possibly an Anglicized corruption of Mumbai or perhaps of Bom Baim (“Good Harbor”), supposedly a Portuguese name for the locale. The name Mumbai was restored officially in 1995, although Bombay remained in common usage.

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   Where is Bombay island located?

   • The city of Mumbai occupies a peninsular site on Bombay Island, a landmass originally composed of seven islets lying off the Konkan coast of western India. Since the 17th century the islets have been joined through drainage and reclamation projects, as well as through the construction of causeways and breakwaters, to form Bombay Island.

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   Why is Mumbai important to India?

   • Mumbai, long the center of India’s cotton textile industry, subsequently developed a highly diversified manufacturing sector that included an increasingly important information technology (IT) component. In addition, the city’s commercial and financial institutions are strong and vigorous, and Mumbai serves as the country’s financial hub.

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   Is Mumbai a good stop in India?

   • Mumbai was a great stop on our tour of India. Lots of good food, lots of good sights, never boring. We still have a very long way to go through India, and our adventure continues in the much more sedate city of Udaipur.

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8. www.ncesc.com › geographic-pedia › when-did-bombayWhen did Bombay changed to Mumbai? - Geographic Pedia - NCESC

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   3 days ago · The transformation from Bombay to Mumbai occurred as a result of the regional political party Shiv Sena coming into power. They believed that the name Bombay symbolized the legacy of British colonialism and wanted to embrace the city’s Maratha heritage.