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The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) 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]
Map of India showing Bombay as a British possession (c. 1783) Map of India (c. 1804) Bombay Presidency in 1832 On 21 September 1668, the Royal Charter of 27 March 1668 led to the transfer of Bombay from Charles II to the British East India Company for an annual rent of £10 (equivalent retail price index of £1,226 in 2007). [13]
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The Council had a total of 116 members in addition to the ex - officio members of the Governor's Executive Council. Out of the 116, 86 were elected from constituencies of the presidency reserved for Non-Muhammadans, Muhammadans, Europeans, Landholders, Universities and Commerce & Industry. 7 constituencies were reserved for Marathas.
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The Kathiawar Agency, on the Kathiawar peninsula in the western part of the Indian subcontinent, was a political unit of some 200 small princely states under the suzerainty of the Bombay Presidency of British India. [1] The agency's headquarters were at Rajkot, [2] the town where the Political Agent used to reside.
The elections to the two houses of legislatures of the Bombay Presidency were held in 1937, as part of the nationwide provincial elections in British India.The Indian National Congress was the single largest party by winning 86 of 175 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 13 of 60 seats in the Legislative Council.
Hoosenally's father, Jaffer Rahimtoola was a noted Barrister of the Bombay Presidency. He remained Mayor of Bombay between 1909–10 and was author of book 'History of the Khojas' published in 1905. [16] [17] His son Shahbudin Rahimtoola was a widely acclaimed cardiologist based out of California.