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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.
Hindu College (now Presidency University) at Calcutta (1817) The Pindari War (1817–1818) (Complete Destruction of the Pindari Clan of India) Subversion of Peshwa Baji Rao II and annexation of his territories to the Bombay Presidency (1818) Establishment of Ryotwari System in Madras Presidency (1820) by the governor Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet
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.
Bombay Presidency in 1909, northern portion Bombay Presidency in 1909, southern portion Administrative divisions in 1951 before reorganization of states Bombay State, 1956-1960. During British rule in India, sections of the western coast of India were part of the Bombay Presidency. In 1937, the Bombay Presidency was included as a province of ...
Bombay Presidency in 1909, northern portion Bombay Presidency in 1909, southern portion. Bombay State was a large Indian state created in 1950 from the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years.
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.