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The territory retained by India was restructured into Bombay State when India became a republic in 1950. It included princely states such as Kolhapur in Deccan, and Baroda and the Dangs in Gujarat, which had former parts of Deccan States Agency and Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency .
Upon India's independence in 1947 the city was incorporated into Bombay State. In 1960, following the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, a new state of Maharashtra was created with Mumbai as the capital. [31] Mumbai is the financial, commercial, [32] and entertainment capital of South Asia.
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model.
Map State Capital Years Present-day state(s) Ajmer State: Ajmer: 1950–1956 Rajasthan: Andhra State: Kurnool: 1953–1956 Andhra Pradesh: Bhopal State: Bhopal: 1949–1956 Madhya Pradesh: Bilaspur State: Bilaspur: 1950–1954 Himachal Pradesh: Bombay State: Bombay: 1950–1960 Maharashtra, Gujarat, and partially Karnataka: Coorg State ...
In 1858, Allahabad (now Prayagraj) became the capital of India for a day when it also served as the capital of North-Western Provinces. [3]During the British Raj, until 1911, Calcutta was the capital of India.
The Bombay Presidency or Bombay State, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (state) 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]
Mumbai, the capital of the state and the financial capital of India, houses the headquarters of most of the major corporate and financial institutions. India's main stock exchanges and capital market and commodity exchanges are located in Mumbai. The state continues to attract industrial investments from domestic as well as foreign institutions.
Mumbai (Bombay) is India's most populous city with a population of 20 Million. It is located on Salsette Island off the coast of Maharashtra . The original Seven Islands of Bombay were merged by the British in the 18th century, to form one large island.