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The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, ... The Bombay Presidency had a large and diverse population. The census of 1901 gave a total of 25,468,209.
While the city was the capital of the Bombay Presidency, ... According to the 2011 census, the population of Mumbai city was 12,479,608. The population density is ...
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.
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.
In the Bombay Presidency, the reverse was the case: the famine of 1899–1900, which affected a population of 12 million, was more acute, especially in the Kathiawar Agency. [9] The recovery from the famine in the Presidency was also very slow. [9]
The city was capital of Bombay state before the formation of state of Maharashtra. It became financial centre of India and attracted people from all across India which resulted in booming population growth of the city.The following is a timeline of the growth of Mumbai's population over the last four centuries: 1661: 10000 inhabitants [1]
Subsequently, Bombay City, the capital of erstwhile Bombay Presidency, ... was founded in 1979, to help the dispersal and control of Bombay's population.
Khandesh was a district in the Bombay Presidency. [14] In 1906, the district was divided into two districts: East Khandesh, headquartered at Jalgaon, had an area of 11,770 km 2 (4,544 sq mi), while West Khandesh, headquartered at Dhule, had an area of 14,240 km 2 (5,497 sq mi); their respective populations were 957,728 and 469,654 in 1901. [15]