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The empire's patronage made the islands a centre of Buddhist religion and culture. [7] Buddhist monks, scholars, and artists created the artwork, inscriptions, and sculpture of the Kanheri Caves in the mid third century BCE [10] and Mahakali Caves. [11] After the decline of the Maurya Empire around 185 BCE, these islands fell to the Satavahanas ...
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.
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]
[9] [10] The empire's patronage gradually made the islands a centre of Hindu and Buddhist religion and culture. Buddhist monks, scholars, and artists created the artwork, inscriptions, and sculpture of the Kanheri and Mahakali caves. The total number of Buddhist cave temples numbered 109, dating from the end of the 2nd century BCE. [11]
The Seven Islands: Mumbai; Story of cities #11: the reclamation of Mumbai – from the sea, and its people? This page was last edited on 14 January 2025 ...
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.
Bombay in the 1880s. Bombay, also called Bom baim in Portuguese, is the financial and commercial capital of India and one of the most populous cities in the world.. Once an archipelago of seven islands, obtained by the Portuguese via the Treaty of Bassein (1534), from the Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, the island group would later form part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza, daughter of ...
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 ...