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	Bombay Presidency - LoveToKnow 1911
		The chief languages of the presidency are Sindhi in Sind, Cutchi in Cutch, Gujarati and Hindustani in Gujarat, Mahratti in Thana and the central division, Gujarati and Mahratti in Khandesh, and Mahratti and Kanarese in the southern division.
		It comprises the previous Poona district, Bombay district south of the Tapti, Belgaum district north of the Tungabhadra, and Dharwar and Aurungabad districts.
		The administration of justice throughout the presidency is conducted by a high court at Bombay, consisting of a chief justice and seven puisne judges, along with district and assistant judges throughout the districts of the presidency.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Bombay_Presidency (5654 words)

	Bombay City - LoveToKnow 1911
		BOMBAY CITY, the capital of Bombay Presidency, and the chief seaport of western India, situated in 18° 55' N. and 72° 54' E. The city stands on an island of the same name, which forms one of a group now connected by causeways with the mainland.
		Bombay is the second most populous city in the Indian empire, having fallen behind Calcutta at the census of 1901.
		At this time Bombay was threatened by the Mahrattas from inland, by the Malabar pirates and the Dutch from the sea, and was cut off from the mainland by the Portuguese, who still occupied the island of Salsette and had established a customs-barrier in the channel between Bombay and the shore.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Bombay_City (3068 words)

	Bombay. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In 1956, Bombay was reorganized as a state and absorbed parts of Hyderabad and Madhya Pradesh and the princely states of Kutch (Kachchh) and Saurashtra.
		Bombay has many large suburbs, including Andheri, Thane, and Ulhasnagar, each with a population of more than 100,000, and the city itself has the largest community of Parsis in India.
		Bombay, after it passed to Great Britain in 1661, was the headquarters (1668–1858) of the East India Company in W India.
	www.bartleby.com /65/bo/Bombay.html (455 words)

	AllRefer.com - Bombay, India (Indian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		In 1956, Bombay was reorganized as a state and absorbed parts of Hyderabad and Madhya Pradesh and the princely states of Kutch (Kachchh) and Saurashtra.
		Bombay, after it passed to Great Britain in 1661, was the headquarters (1668–1858) of the East India Company in W India.
		Bombay was convulsed by anti-Muslim riots in 1993.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Bombay.html (516 words)

	Bombay Presidency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bombay Presidency was bounded on the north by Baluchistan, the Punjab and Rajputana; on the east by Indore, the Central Provinces and Hyderabad; on the south by Madras Presidency and the Kingdom of Mysore; and on the west by the Arabian Sea.
		The chief languages of the presidency were Sindhi in Sind, Kutchi in Cutch, Gujarati and Hindustani in Gujarat, Marathi in Thana and the central division, Gujarati and Marathi in Khandesh, and Marathi and Kannada in the southern division.
		It comprised the previous Poona district, Bombay district south of the Tapti, Belgaum district north of the Tungabhadra, and Dharwar and Aurangabad districts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bombay_Presidency (2628 words)

	Presidency - Definition, explanation
		For example, in a republic with a presidential system of government, the presidency represents the executive branch of government, and is personified by a single elected man or woman who holds the office of "president".
		The presidency of the European Union is held on a rotating basis by the various national governments of the member states.
		The presidency of British crown colonies is held by the office of the United Kingdom colonial secretary.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/pr/presidency.php (580 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bombay High
		Bombay High field was discovered by a Russian and Indian oil exploration team operating from the seismic exploration vessel Academic Arkhangelsky during mapping of the Gulf of Cambay in 1964-1967.
		As capital of the Bombay Presidency, it was a major base for the Indian independence movement, with the Quit India Movement called by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942 being its most rubric event.
		Mumbai is the seat of the Bombay High Court, which exercises jurisdiction over the states of Maharashtra and Goa, and the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bombay-High (327 words)

	Mumbai India - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Mumbai, known as Bombay until its name was officially changed in 1995, is the leading financial center of India as well as a major national commercial, transportation, and manufacturing hub.
		In 1661 the Bombay territory was given to King Charles II of England as part of the wedding dowry for Catherine of Braganza, who was the Portuguese king’s sister.
		Bombay became the capital of the Bombay Presidency, a British-controlled area, in 1687 when the capital was transferred from Surat.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /mumbai_india.htm (2047 words)

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		The Bombay Presidency was bounded on the north by Baluchistan, the Punjab and Rajputana; on the east by Indore, the Central Provinces and Hyderabad; on the south by Madras Presidency and the Kingdom of Mysore; and on the west by the Arabian Sea.
		The chief languages of the presidency were Sindhi in Sind, Kutchi in Cutch, Gujarati and Hindustani in Gujarat, Marathi in Thana and the central division, Gujarati and Marathi in Khandesh, and Marathi and Kannada in the southern division.
		It comprised the previous Poona district, Bombay district south of the Tapti, Belgaum district north of the Tungabhadra, and Dharwar and Aurangabad districts.
	www.maharashtrain.com /wiki-Bombay_Presidency (3109 words)

	india Bombay's Architecture, Anglo-Indian heritage, Portuguese, mumbai heritage, tour to mumbai, travel to mumbai , ...
		In all of India, apart from Shimla perhaps, it is the city of Bombay which shows the greatest incorporation of a multitude of divergent styles popular in the Victoria era.
		According to writer Jan Morris, Bombay is one of the most characteristically Victorian cities in the world, displayed all the grand effrontery of Victorian eclectism.
		Paid for partly by donations from the wealthy Parsi citizens of Bombay, the building was later crowned by an immense watchtower which houses twenty-four statues representing the castes of western India.
	www.indiaprofile.com /heritage/bombayarchitecture.htm (1668 words)

	Mumbai - Article about Mumbai
		As capital of the Bombay Presidency, it was a major base for the Indian independence movement, with the Quit India Movement called by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942 being its most rubric event.
		After 1955, when the State of Bombay was being reorganised along linguistic lines into the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, there was a demand that the city be constituted as an autonomous city-state.
		Mumbai is the seat of the Bombay High Court, which exercises jurisdiction over the states of Maharashtra and Goa, and the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
	yawiki.org /proc/Bombay (4003 words)

	Karwar - LoveToKnow 1911
		KARWAR, or Carwar, a seaport of British India, administrative headquarters of North Kanara district in the Bombay presidency; 295 m.
		As early as 1660 the East India Company had a factory here, with a trade in muslin and pepper; but it suffered frequently from Dutch, Portuguese and native attacks, and in 1752 the English agent was withdrawn.
		In the bay is a cluster of islets called the Oyster Rocks, on the largest of which is a lighthouse.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Karwar (162 words)

	Lonely Planet
		Bombay soon developed as a trading port thanks to its fine harbour and the number of merchants who were attracted from other parts of India by the British promise of religious freedom and land grants.
		Bombay's fort was built in the 1720s, and soon after land reclamation projects began the century-long process of joining the seven islands into a single land mass.
		Although Bombay grew steadily during the 18th century, it remained isolated from its hinterland until the British defeated the Marathas and annexed substantial portions of Western India in 1818.
	www.expedia.co.uk /lonelyplanet/Mumbai/historyandculture.aspx (974 words)

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		The provinces were enlarged by wars of conquest, and during the mid-19th century by the doctrine of lapse, under which the Governor-General seized states from native rulers who died without a direct male heir.
		North-Western Provinces: established in 1835 from portions of Bengal Presidency; later renamed the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
		Aden: separated from Bombay Presidency to become province of India in 1932; separated from India and made the Crown Colony of Aden in 1937.
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		Bombay is the leading financial center of India and a major national commercial, transportation, and manufacturing hub.
		Bombay Harbor, a broad, sheltered bay located between the city and the mainland, is one of the world's greatest natural harbors.
		Bombay has a cosmopolitan population with representatives of virtually every linguistic and religious group of India, as well as a significant foreign population.
	www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu /~kedla/bombay.htm (546 words)

	Background Info \| Mumbai Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Within 20 years, the presidency of the East India Company was transferred to Bombay from Surat, and the town soon became the trading headquarters for the whole west coast of India.
		Bombay's fort was built in the 1720s, and soon after land-reclamation projects began the century-long process of joining the seven islands into a single mass.
		Although Bombay grew steadily during the 18th century, it remained isolated from the surrounding territory until the British defeated the Marathas and annexed substantial portions of Western India in 1818.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/india/mumbai/essential?a=culture (1111 words)

	Bombay
		Most of the archdiocese is thus separated from its centre in Bombay Island by a distance of about 200 miles, the intervening country being assigned to the Diocese of Damaun.
		The archdiocese is served by 50 fathers, 19 scholastics, and 16 lay brothers of the German province of the Society of Jesus, and 19 native secular priests, attending 24 churches and 25 chapels, besides Sisters of the Orders of Jesus and Mary and the Daughters of the Cross engaged in education and charitable work.
		When they resigned their charge the vicariate was divided, the northern, or Bombay portion, being taken over by the Capuchins, while the southern, or Poona portion was given to the German Jesuits.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/b/bombay.html (1061 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Parsis
		Bombay presidency, and 3,306 scattered over the rest of the country.
		Bombay City, 6,227 in Surat, and 3,088 in Broach; about 10,000 being in Native States, and the rest in other parts, chiefly of Guzerat.
		Bombay presidency, not inclusive of 8,409 found in Baroda State.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11508b.htm (1089 words)

	BOMBAY PRESIDENCY - Online Information article about BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
		Holkar, the Nerbudda enters the presidency at the north-western extremity of the Khandesh district, flows eastward, and after a course of 70o m.
		Climate.—Great varieties of climate are met with in the presidency.
		Bundelkhand districts, with the Bombay district north of the Tapti.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BLA_BOS/BOMBAY_PRESIDENCY.html (4814 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Bombay State - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During British rule, portions of the western coast of India under direct British rule were part of the Bombay Presidency.
		In 1937, the Bombay Presidency became a province of British India.
		The State of Bombay was significantly enlarged on November 1, 1956, expanding eastward to incorporate the Marathi-speaking Marathwada region of Hyderabad State, the Marathi-speaking Vidarbha region of southern Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarati-speaking Saurashtra and Kutch.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Bombay_State (275 words)

	Bombay State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During British rule, portions of the western coast of India under direct British rule were part of the Bombay Presidency.
		In 1937, the Bombay Presidency became a province of British India.
		The State of Bombay was significantly enlarged on November 1, 1956, expanding eastward to incorporate the Marathi-speaking Marathwada region of Hyderabad State, the Marathi-speaking Vidarbha region of southern Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarati-speaking Saurashtra and Kutch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bombay_State (272 words)

	Mumbai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As capital of the Bombay Presidency, it was a major base for the Indian independence movement, with the Quit India Movement called by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942 being its most rubric event.
		After 1955, when the State of Bombay was being reorganised along linguistic lines into the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, there was a demand that the city be constituted as an autonomous city-state.
		Mumbai is the seat of the Bombay High Court, which exercises jurisdiction over the states of Maharashtra and Goa, and the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bombay (4688 words)

	Bombay - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1956 Bombay was reorganized, absorbing parts of Hyderabad and Madhya Pradesh and the princely states of Kutch (Kachchh) and Saurashtra.
		In 1960, however, Bombay state was divided between the new states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
		The chief city and former capital of the state, the city of of Bombay, was renamed Mumbai in 1995.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Bombay.asp (390 words)

	Map Of India (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The imperial ambitions of the Marathas were shattered by the Afghans, who defeated them in the third Battle of Panipat in 1761, and later by the British, who fought them in three wars and eventually overcame them in 1817.
		Bombay (now Mumbai) developed from seven small islands inhabited by Koli fishermen and their families.
		Soon Bombay became the commercial capital of India and the place where the majority of Europeans arrived in India.
	www.vidcngp.com /History.htm (674 words)

	History of Mumbai- History of Bombay - History of Bombay India - Bombay History - History of Bombay City
		The Portuguese consolidated their position onto the Bombay region with the establishment of forts at Sion, Mahim, Bandra and Bassien.
		Bombay's history is incomplete without the mention of the Parsi community who has a substantial contribution to make in its comprehensive growth both economically and culturally.
		With the outbreak of civil war in America in 1861, the demnad for cotton in the west was increased greatly leading to the setting up of the first cotton mill in Mumbai in 1854, leading to the rapid indutrialization of the region and rising affluence.
	www.bombay-mumbai-hotels.com /history.html (704 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Bombay (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Bombay Boomerang is Volume 49 in the original Hardy Boys book series published by Grosset And Dunlap.
		The Bombay Samachar is the oldest newspaper in India.
		In 1822, the Mumbai Samachar (Bombay Samachar) began publishing in Gujarati and English.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Bombay (178 words)

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