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Bombay Time, one of the two official time zones in British India, was established in 1884 [128] during the International Meridian Conference held at Washington, D.C., in the United States. [129] Bombay time was set at 4 hours and 51 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) using the 75th east meridian. [128]
In March 1964, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai submitted its development plan for Greater Mumbai, [43] which was criticized for various reasons, [44] but approved in 1967. [45] By that time, another plan had been developed by two of Mumbai's leading architects Charles Correa and Pravin Mehta, and an engineer Shirish Patel.
[1] [2] The archipelago had been named after the Koli Goddess Mumbadevi. [3] [4] [5] The port of Sopara (present day Nala Sopara near Mumbai) was an important trading centre during ancient times. [6] [7] [8] In the 3rd century BCE, the islands were incorporated into the Maurya Empire under the expansion campaign of Emperor Ashoka of Magadha.
By 1845, the islands had been merged [2] into one landmass by means of multiple land reclamation projects. The resulting island of Bombay was later merged with the nearby islands of Trombay and Salsette that lay to its north-east and north respectively to form Greater Bombay. These islands now constitute the southern part of the city of Bombay ...
Ruins of St. John the Baptist Church in Andheri, built by the Portuguese Jesuits in 1579. Bombay, also called Bom Bahia or Bom Baim in Indo-Portuguese creole, Mumbai in the local language; is the financial and commercial capital of India and one of the most populous cities in the world. It's also the cosmopolitan city centre of the Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area, and the cultural base of the ...
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.
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]
31 March 1964 – Last tram made its journey from Bori Bundar to Dadar. 1982 January – Great Bombay Textile Strike started, by mill workers of Mumbai , under trade union leader Dutta Samant . December 1992 – January 1993 – Over 2000 people killed in Hindu-Muslim communal riots following the Babri Masjid destruction.