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Matka gambling or satta is a form of betting and lottery [clarification needed] which originally involved [clarification needed] betting on the opening and closing rates of cotton transmitted from the New York Cotton Exchange to the Bombay Cotton Exchange.
The Bombay Cotton Exchange was a commodities exchange that operated in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. In 1875, the Bombay Cotton Trade Association began selling futures , but disagreements between cotton mill owners and merchants led to the 1893 creation of the Bombay Cotton Exchange as a rival organization.
Bambai Meri Jaan (transl. Bombay My Beloved) is an Indian Hindi-language period crime thriller television series produced under the banner of Excel Entertainment. [1] The series stars Kay Kay Menon, Avinash Tiwary, Kritika Kamra, Nivedita Bhattacharya, and Amyra Dastur. [2] It premiered on Amazon Prime Video. [3] [4]
Bhendi Bazaar: Mumbai: Bhendi Bazaar is a market in South Mumbai. Bhendi Bazaar gets its name from the row of Hibiscus populnea, north of Pydhonie. According to Sir George Birdwood, "the Bhendy tree is Thespesia populnea, in Southern India, commonly called Portia, a favourite ornamental tree, thriving best near the sea. In Ceylon, it is called ...
Karim Lala (1911 – 19 February 2002), born Abdul Karim Sher Khan in the Samalam Village of the Shegal District of Kunar Province, Afghanistan, was infamous as one of the three "mafia dons of Mumbai" in India for more than two decades from the sixties to the early eighties, [1] the other two being Mastan Mirza aka Haji Mastan and Varadarajan Mudaliar.
Crawford Market (officially Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai) is one of South Mumbai's most famous markets. The building was completed in 1869, and donated to the city by Cowasji Jehangir . Originally named after Arthur Crawford , the first Municipal Commissioner of the city, the market was later renamed to honour Indian social reformer Mahatma ...
Villages in Bandra, Mumbai are in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai, part of what has been called the Queen of Suburbs of Mumbai (once known as Bombay). Home to a number of personalities from the film industry as well as cricket, it is one of the most affluent suburbs of Mumbai. The old villages of Bandra are hidden behind the tall buildings and ...
Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), is a city in India which contains the neighborhood of Kamathipura, one of the largest red-light districts in Asia. India is regarded as having one of the largest commercial sex trades globally. [1] These neighborhoods are so large and popular that Mumbai has been called the "ultimate destination" for sex ...