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The enormous growth in spectatorship and cinema halls throughout the country soon established Bombay cinema as the dominant Indian film industry. [9] In April 1950, Greater Bombay District came into existence with the merger of Bombay Suburbs and Bombay City. It spanned an area of 235.1 km 2 (90.77 sq mi) and inhabited 2,339,000 of people in 1951.
He established the Marine force, [56] and constructed the St. Thomas Cathedral in 1718, which was the first Anglican Church in Bombay. [83] In 1728, a Mayor's court was established in Bombay and the first reclamation was started which was a temporary work in Mahalaxmi, on the creek separating Bombay from Worli. [56]
The Bombay Gymkhana was formed in 1875 and soon organizations such as Bombay Quadrangular followed. Bombay became one of the few cities in the world to include a large national park within its limits, and the Bombay Natural History Society was founded in 1883. The Princess Dock was built in 1885 as part of a scheme for improving the whole ...
The Bombay Presidency or Bombay ... when the East India Company established a ... (since 1756); but between this date and 1827 the framework of the presidency took ...
Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / muum-BY; ISO: Muṁbaī, Marathi: ⓘ), also known as Bombay (/ b ɒ m ˈ b eɪ / bom-BAY; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). [20]
BSE Limited, also known as the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), is an Indian stock exchange which is located on Dalal Street. [8] Established with the efforts of cotton merchant Premchand Roychand in 1875, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] it is the second oldest stock exchange after Calcutta Stock Exchange, in Asia , [ 11 ] and also the tenth oldest in the world. [ 12 ]
In 1526, the Portuguese established their factory at Bassein. [13] During 1528–29, Lopo Vaz de Sampaio seized the fort of Mahim from the Gujarat Sultanate, when Sultan Bahadur Shah was at war with Nizam-ul-mulk, the emperor of Chaul. [14] [15] Bombay came into prominence in connection with the attempt of the Portuguese to capture Diu in 1530 ...
1912 – King George English School, Dadar, Mumbai was established, now known as Raja Shivaji Vidyasankul, Dadar, Mumbai [3] 1913 – Sydenham College established. The First College of Commerce in Asia. 12 January 1915 – Gandhi returns to India from South Africa at Bombay.