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Indigenous tribals have inhabited Mumbai (Bombay) since the Stone Age. [1] The Kolis and Aagri (a Marathi-Konkani people) [2] were the earliest known settlers of the islands. . Between the 2nd century BCE and 10th century CE, the islands came under the control of successive indigenous dynasties: the Satavahanas, Abhiras, Vakatakas, Kalachuris, Konkan Mauryas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Silharas &
The city was capital of Bombay state before the formation of state of Maharashtra. It became financial centre of India and attracted people from all across India which resulted in booming population growth of the city.The following is a timeline of the growth of Mumbai 's population over the last four centuries:
1900 – By this year, 45 trains of Western Railway in each direction were carrying over one million passengers annually. 1908 – Franciscan Missionary Brothers, a German Missionary established St Francis D'Assisi High School in Borivali, west suburbs of Bombay, India. 1911 – King George V and Queen Mary visit Bombay.
Before this great city was called Mumbai, the city that never sleeps, Bombay, was a hustling and bustling port metropolis of the British Raj.On this I-Day 2019, here’s a walk down memory lane to ...
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 ...
On 28 December 1885, professionals and intellectuals from this middle-class — many educated at the new British-founded universities in Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras, and familiar with the ideas of British political philosophers, especially the utilitarians assembled in Bombay — founded the Indian National Congress.
British Raj (to 1947) Marks the Beginning Of Direct British Rule Over India For 89 Years(1858–1947). 7 November: Bipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932) 1859: 18 April: Death of Tatya Tope: 1861: 7 May: Rabindranath Tagore is born. 1862: The high courts of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay are established. [50] 1863: 12 January: Swami Vivekanand is ...
The timeline of major famines in India during British rule covers major famines on the Indian subcontinent from 1765 to 1947. The famines included here occurred both in the princely states (regions administered by Indian rulers), British India (regions administered either by the British East India Company from 1765 to 1857; or by the British Crown, in the British Raj, from 1858 to 1947) and ...