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| | MUMBAI FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | Mumbai (Hindi / Marathi: मुंबई) (pronounced in Marathi, and in English), formerly known as Bombay is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of India, with a estimated population of about 18 million (2005). |
 | | Most of Mumbai's inhabitants rely on public transport to travel to and from their workplace due to the lack of car parking spaces, traffic bottlenecks, and generally poor road conditions. |
 | | Mumbai has a large polyglot population, but the most common language spoken on the city streets is a colloquial form of Hindi, known as ''Bambaiya Hindi'' – a blend of Hindi, Marathi, Indian English and some invented colloquial words. |
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