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	History of Bombay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bombay began to attract fortune hunters by the hundreds and the population had swelled from 13,726 in 1780 to 644,405 in 1872, in a little less than a hundred years.
		The docks at Bombay are a monument of the industry, enterprise and integrity of the Wadia family which moved in from Surat at the instigation of the British.
		The population of the city was panic stricken as rumours spread rapidly that the explosions signaled the commencement of hostilities by the Japanese on the same style as the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour in the Hawaiian islands in December 1941.
	www.bombayproperty.com /bhistory.html (3080 words)

	Mumbai - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		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 located on Salsette Island, which lies at the mouth of Ulhas River off the western coast of India, in the coastal region known as the Konkan.
		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.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Mumbai (4787 words)

	About Wockhardt Hospitals - About the city
		Bombay, or Mumbai as it is now called, is the commercial capital of India, a city of business and industrial entrepreneurs, concrete towers, glamor, cricket, Film Industry, clubs and discos and more.
		It is a group of seven islands in the Arabian Sea which lies off the northern Konkan coast on the west of Maharashtra state in India.
		These seven islands which were once seperated by creeks and channels were filled and bridged over the years by the inhabitants.
	www.wockhardthospitals.net /general/abt_city.asp (591 words)

	Bombay. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Bombay has the only natural deepwater harbor in W India, and is a transportation hub and industrial center.
		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)

	Mumbai
		The islands remained in their hands until 1661 when it was part of the dowry of the Infanta[?] Catherine de Braganza[?] to Charles II of England.
		From 1817 the city was reshaped with large civil engineering projects merging the seven islands into one single mass of around 435 km² by 1845.
		The island was named by the Portuguese, after the statue of an elephant near the landing area of the island.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bo/Bombay,_India.html (1157 words)

	Bombay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bombay (Mumbai) was originally established on seven islets off the coast of India but the separating waterways have been filled in to connect these islands to each other and to the much larger Salsette Island.
		Bombay was particularly important in the cotton textile industry in the 19th century, but that industry is now less significant.
		Bombay is the home of the Reserve Bank of India, the central bank of the nation.
	www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/bombay.htm (285 words)

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		The seven islands-Mahim, Worli, Parel, Mazagaon, Old Woman's Island, Colaba and Bombay Island itself were known as Heptanesia to the Romans, and Pliny and Ptolemy recorded Roman and Persian trade with ports in the vicinity.
		The islands were ruled by a succession of Hindu dynasties, including the Chalukyas who swept down from their Deccan stronghold to establish a capital on Gharapuri (now known as Elephanta Island) around the 6th century AD.
		The islands were invaded by Muslims in the 14th century and passed between the Sultans of Gujarat, Delhi and the Deccan as their influence in the region waxed and waned.
	www.india-travel.com /maharashtra/7island.htm (375 words)

	Bombay: History of a City
		Bombay needed a fort and a garrison of soldiers to protect it from Dutch fleets and Indian pirates.
		Bombay soon grew again: by the end of the 1700s it was "The Gateway to India".
		By 1991, the population of the whole of Bombay (which had spread beyond the islands) was 9,900,000.
	www.bl.uk /learning/histcitizen/trading/bombay/history.html (1074 words)

	History Of Bombay
		The island of Colaba was joined to Bombay in 1838 by a causeway now called Colaba Causeway and the Mahim Causeway was built in 1845 at the cost of Rs.
		Bombay began to attract fortune hunters by the hundreds (and probably still does) and the population had swelled from 13,726 in 1780 to 644,405 by 1872, in a little over a hundred years.
		The docks at Bombay are a monument of the industry, enterprise and integrity of a Parsi family, the Wadias which moved in from Surat at the instigation of the British.
	www.it.iitb.ac.in /~suresh/hist.html (1466 words)

	HADASSAH MAGAZINE
		In 1832, Sassoon settled in Bombay and began a commercial and philanthropic dynasty that drew Jews from throughout the Ottoman Empire.
		Bombay is a trove of Jewish sights, some hidden in alleyways behind fruit stalls and pushcarts.
		Touring Jewish Bombay sometimes resembles a trip through the City of David-Sassoon, that is. Monuments and institutions bear the family name, from the 67-foot-tall Palladian-style clock tower on the premises of the Jijamata Udyan (previously Victoria Gardens) to the David Sassoon Industrial Institution and Reformatory, a home for delinquent, orphaned and destitute boys.
	www.hadassah.org /news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2000/Feb/travel.htm (1956 words)

	Mumbai (Bombay) The Gateway Of India
		Mumbai (Bombay) is the capital of the western Indian state of Maharashtra and is the largest metropolis in India.
		Greater Mumbai (Bombay) is separated from the Indian mainland by the waters of Vasai Creek.
		In the 19th century, the seven islands of Girgaum (where the fort was located), Oldman's Island, Colaba, Mazagaon, Parel, Mahim, and Worli were joined and the alluvial lowlands drained, resulting in a single island, the city of Mumbai (Bombay).
	www.msu.edu /~kshirsa1/bombay.html (555 words)

	Old Bombay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Old Bombay was used to refer to the area which was formed by the merging of the seven original islands of Mumbai, India.
		When the islands were merged, the area became Old Bombay.
		The region of Old Bombay consists of downtown South Mumbai which is the richest area in India and the nerve centre of Indian commerce.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_Bombay (140 words)

	Rediff On The NeT Travel; A travel feature on Bombay in Maharashtra, India.
		Bombay was once a string of seven islands inhabited by fisherfolk.
		In the fourteenth century Bombay became part of the Muslim Gujarat Sultanate and in 1534 it was handed over to the Portuguese.
		The English acquired Bombay from the Portugese as part of Catherine Braganza's dowry when she married Charles II in 1661.
	www.rediff.com /travel/1996/bombay.htm (305 words)

	Cheap airline tickets from delhi India to dallas texas and discount tickets Mumbai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		An island connected by bridges to the mainland, Mumbai is the industrial center of everything, from textiles to petrochemicals, and is responsible for half of the foreign trade of India.
		The islands were ruled by a succession of Hindu dynasties, invaded by Muslims in the 14th century, and then ceded to Portugal by the sultan of Gujarat in 1534.
		In 1996, Bombay officially came to be known as Mumbai derived from Mumbadevi, the goddess of the Kolis.
	us.makemytrip.com /destination/mumbai/cheap-discount-tickets-mumbai.htm (555 words)

	User Reviews and comparison blog on Bombay - Tourist Attractions by thebiggeststar on MouthShut.com
		Although the archipelago which developed into the modern city of Bombay was inhabited whenever history chanced on it, we are forced to imagine the lives of the early Bombaywallas, because the islands lay outside of the sweep of history and beyond the marches of armies for millennia.
		The islands belonged to the Silhara dynasty till the middle of the 13th century.
		In 1343, the island of Salsette, and eventually the whole archipelago, passed to the Sultan of Gujarat.
	www.mouthshut.com /review/Bombay-46126.html (1320 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 1534 A.D, the Portuguese rulers took Bombay islands by force from the Muslim rulers.
		In 1662 AD the island of Mumbai were handed over to the English King Charles II as a dowry gift on his marriage to Portuguese Princess Catherine of Braganza.
		Later in 1668 these islands were acquired by the English East India Company on lease from the crown for an annual sum of 10 pounds in gold.
	www.rit.edu /~bxp9779/hometown/history.html (157 words)

	Bombay India \| Bombay furniture \| Bombay store \| dr Bombay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 1534, the Portuguese appropriated the islands from Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.
		Bombay History (Mumbai History) by Tanushree Present-day Mumbai was originally an archipelago of seven islands.
		Originally known as Bombay, it has a long history though its status as an urban centre was realised only as late as the 17th century.
	www.bombayinfo.net /ezineready.php?id=2 (1197 words)

	megaCities:English:Bombay:History
		When the first British community settled in Bombay, five of the originally seven islands where already added to each other when the tide was low.
		Only the two smallest Islands on the south were separated from the rest at that time.
		Walls of clay made it impossible for the sea to reach the lower country.Hundred years later they made a dam to connect the two southern islands with the rest of the city, nowadays the center of Bombay still looks that way.
	library.thinkquest.org /20377/english/bombay/history_enghtml.htm (326 words)

	Bombay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bombay, Maharashtra's capital is a city which is called the economic capital of India, a city of entrepreneurs,a city of skyscrapers, a city of clubs and pubs, a city of dreams, of horse races and a place full of contradictions.
		The enigmatic city of Bombay was a cluster of seven islands of Koli fishermen who lived on the shores of the Arabian Sea and worshipped Mumbadevi.
		This place was the capital of powerful coastal kingdom and the excavation of the caves from the 6th century adds to the glory of the kingdom.
	www.nv.cc.va.us /home/amalitzkego/india/Bombay.htm (818 words)

	bombay.html
		Bombay's strategic and ecomic importance can probably be traced back to the arrival of the Portuguese traders to the islands in early 16th century A.D. The islands eventually ended up in British hands when the wife of king Charles II purchased the islands for her husband as part of her dowry.
		Bombay is situated on the west coast of India.
		It is actually constituted of seven islands, however little of the original configuration is evident today because of massive urban reclamation.
	engr.smu.edu /~nikhil/bombay.html (465 words)

	Mumbai - Bombay City Guide, Adventure Tour
		Bombay, or Mumbai as it is now called, is the commercial capital of India, a city of entrepreneurs, concrete towers, clubs and discos, cricket, Bollywood and more.
		The city, a cluster of seven islands, was named by its native Koli fisherfolk after the goddess Mumbadevi.
		Once a tiny island overrun by swaying palm trees, Bombay used to belong to the native Koli fisher-folk, who still live here in their little villages surrounded by soaring skyscrapers.
	www.myincredibleindia.org /mumbai-city-tour-guide.html (1521 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bombay epitomises a group of megacities in the developing world, such as Sao Paulo, Lagos, Jakarta, that are characterised by uncontrolled migration from the countryside, enormous infrastructural problems, vast shantytowns, constant low-level strife, and yet remain a beacon of hope for the young people of their countries.
		The soil in Bombay, between its seven original islands, was filled in by the British.
		If you are late for work in the morning in Bombay, and you reach the station just as the train is leaving the platform, you can run up to the packed compartments and you will find many hands stretching out to grab you on board, unfolding outwards from bodies like petals from a flower.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main.asp?filename=hub021404bombay.asp (1702 words)

	Bombay Palace restaurant Montreal
		The Portugese later gave MumbaDevi (Bombay) to England as part of a dowry upon the marriage of Catherine of Braganza to Charles II.
		Bombay derives it's unique character from its varied heritage and is still considered a patchwork quilt of Indian culture and faith.
		Modern Bombay, the financial and commercial nucleus of India has always been a magnet city attracting the young and elderly, scholars, engineers, artists and entrepreneurs, administrators and actors from across the length and breadth of this vast and magnificent country of India.
	www.bombaypalacerestaurant.com (234 words)

	Mumbai (Bombay) \| Historical Background\| City Guide \| WCities Destination Guide
		The islands belonged to the Silhara dynasty until the middle of the 13th century.
		And Bahadur Shah of Gujarat was forced to cede the main islands to the Portuguese in 1534, before he was murdered by the proselytizing invaders.
		Furthermore the population boom of the '50s and '60s was fuelled by the absence of opportunities in the rest of the country— the language riots, the reorganisation of Indian states and the see-saw politics of the country did not seem to affect the city.
	www.wcities.com /en/guide/history/683/guide.html (1240 words)

	Visiting Mumbai, India - Associated Content
		The seven islands that now form Mumbai were first inhabited by the Koli fisherfolk, whose shanties still occupy parts of the city shoreline.
		Bombay, as it was called then, soon became a trading port due to its exceptional harbor and the number of merchants who were attracted from other parts of India by the British promise of religious freedom and land grants.
		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.associatedcontent.com /article/52399/visiting_mumbai_india.html (453 words)

	Mazin Fatehi's Homepage
		The city of Bombay, an archipelago of seven islands, is always in my heart.
		Over the years as Bombay developed, the islands were connected through reclamation.
		"town" is refered to the part of Bombay, that is formed by the islands "Bombay", "Colaba" and "Old woman's Island".
	www.rit.edu /~mmf7604 (78 words)

	Bombay Is Now Known As Mumbai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		With more than 17 million inhabitants, Bombay, as it was known historically, actually is on an island off the coast of India.
		In fact, Mumbai is made up of seven islands off the West coast of India in the state of Maharashtra.
		Perhaps a natural extension of the city being on an island is that Mumbai is the largest seaport in western India, which handles more than one-half the country's passenger traffic.
	www.indiatraveltips.com /india-bombay.shtml (360 words)

	Bombay
		Bombay was once a set of seven islands which was leased (or purchased ?
		Bombay is the biggest city in India and is home to around 150 million people.
		It can be imagined the kind of pressures faced by bombay to provide amenities to so many people.
	members.tripod.com /~vrai/Bombay.htm (248 words)

	CLIA - Cruise Line International Association
		Located on the Arabian Sea, Mumbai, or Bombay as it was formerly named, is one of the main ports of call in India and home to over ten million people.
		Geographically, Mumbai once consisted of seven separate islands, but through dredging, dikes, and land reclamation, the seven islands have coalesced to form the city of Mumbai.
		Bombay grew exponentially in size and importance during the latter half of the 17th century, playing a pivotal role in international trade.
	www.cruising.org /planyourcruise/wwdest/overview.cfm?recordID=53 (328 words)

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