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The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainland territory was acquired in the Konkan region with the Treaty of Bassein. Poona was the summer capital. [1]
Map of India showing Bombay as a British possession (c. 1783) Map of India (c. 1804) Bombay Presidency in 1832 On 21 September 1668, the Royal Charter of 27 March 1668 led to the transfer of Bombay from Charles II to the British East India Company for an annual rent of £10 (equivalent retail price index of £1,226 in 2007). [13]
Bombay Presidency with its capital at Bombay; Madras Presidency with its capital at Madras; North-Western Provinces with the seat of the lieutenant-governor at Agra. The original seat of government was at Allahabad, then at Agra from 1834 to 1868. In 1833, an act of the British Parliament, the Government of India Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c.
When the Madras Mahajana Sabha was founded in 1884, Rangaiah Naidu was elected as its first President. [2] He was a member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1892 to 1899. Rangaiah Naidu also participated in the first session of the Indian National Congress held in Bombay in December 1885 representing Madras city.
B.G. Kher was the first Chief Minister of the tri-lingual Bombay Presidency in 1937. By the end of the 19th century, a modern manufacturing industry was developing in Mumbai. [ 117 ] The main product was cotton, and the bulk of the work force in these cotton mills was from western Maharashtra, specifically the coastal Konkan region.
The Council had a total of 116 members in addition to the ex - officio members of the Governor's Executive Council. Out of the 116, 86 were elected from constituencies of the presidency reserved for Non-Muhammadans, Muhammadans, Europeans, Landholders, Universities and Commerce & Industry. 7 constituencies were reserved for Marathas.
In 1917, he became secretary of Bombay presidency association. [7] In 1920, he attended annual congress session at Ahmedabad and was influenced by its president Surendranath Banerjee. [7] In 1927, he was elected to the Bombay legislative assembly but after Bardoli satyagraha, he resigned under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi. [7]
During the British Raj, portions of the western coast of India under direct British rule were part of the Bombay Presidency. After Indian independence in 1947 and when India was partitioned, Bombay Presidency remained part of India, while Sind province became part of Pakistan. The territory retained by India was restructured into Bombay State ...