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Hindu Colony is an old locality situated in the Dadar area of Mumbai, The locality falls in between Dadar and Matunga on the east side of the Central Railway Line . Traditionally, the area had been a locality of Maharashtrians, Catholics, Jews and Gujaratis, though Maharashtrians are the highest by numbers.
[1]: 54 In 1858, the Punjab, along with the rest of British India, came under the rule of the British Crown. Following the Indian mutiny, Punjab became a lieutenant-governor's province under the Bengal Presidency. [1]: 54 After the Government of India Act of 1919, Punjab was turned into a governor's province.
[1] [2] The search for the wealth and prosperity of India led to the colonisation of the Americas after Christopher Columbus went to the Americas in 1492. Only a few years later, near the end of the 15th century, Portuguese sailor Vasco da Gama became the first European to re-establish direct trade links with India by being the first to arrive ...
Thus, a Phonetic Roman Alphabet converter is also available on the Hindi Wikipedia, so the Roman keyboard can be used to contribute in Hindi, without having to use any special Hindi-typing software. Hindi Wikipedia is the second most popular Wikipedia in India after the English version. More than 85% of Wikipedia pageviews from India are to the ...
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During the British Raj, India experienced a large number of major famines, including the Great Famine of 1876–1878, in which 6.1 million to 10.39 million Indians perished [200] and the Indian famine of 1899–1900, in which 1.25 to 10 million Indians perished. [201] Child who starved to death during the Bengal famine of 1943
The Worli Fort is a fort in Worli, Mumbai, India. [1] Though often incorrectly assumed to have been built by the Portuguese , the fort was built by the British around 1675 on Worli Hill. Worli Fort overlooked Mahim Bay at a time when the city comprised just seven islands and was used as a lookout for enemy ships.
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 ...