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The islands of Mumbai in an 1893 map, before Salsette, Trombay, and Dharavi were merged with Mumbai Island to form Greater Mumbai Mumbai skyline as seen from Marine Drive. Mumbai (Bombay) is India's most populous city with a population of 20 Million.
Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). [21] Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city.
The two principal seaports, Mumbai Port and Jawaharlal Nehru Port, which is also in the Mumbai region, are under the control and supervision of the government of India. [232] There are around 48 minor ports in Maharashtra. [233] Most of these handle passenger traffic and have a limited capacity.
Map of Maharashtra. The word Maharashtra, the land of the mainly Marathi-speaking people, appears to be derived from Maharashtri, an old form of Prakrit.Some believe that the word indicates that it was the land of the Mahars and the Rattas, while others consider it to be a corruption of the term 'Maha Kantara' (the Great Forest), a synonym for 'Dandakaranya'. [1]
Mumbai Metropolitan Region (ISO: Muṁbaī Mahānagara Pradēśa; abbreviated to MMR and previously also known as Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area), [6] [7] is a metropolitan area consisting of Mumbai and its satellite towns in the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra in western India.
There are so many different states – and provinces, districts, regions and lander! Getty Images Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert ...
36 provinces 1 capital district 1 special region: IE: Ireland: 4 provinces 26 counties: IL: Israel: 6 districts: IM: Isle of Man — IN: India: 28 states 8 union territories: IO: British Indian Ocean Territory — IQ: Iraq: 1 region 18 governorates: IR: Iran, Islamic Republic of: 31 provinces: IS: Iceland: 8 regions 64 municipalities: IT: Italy ...
The ten Part C states included both the former chief commissioners' provinces and some princely states, and each was governed by a chief commissioner appointed by the President of India. The Part C states were: Ajmer (formerly Ajmer-Merwara Province), Bhopal (formerly Bhopal Princely State), Bilaspur (formerly Bilaspur Princely State),