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BOMBAY,
the "Bom Bahia," 1534 onwards |
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*MAP*
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Section 10, on the coast-- you
really can't
miss it |
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Some early maps of the area; it's
now of
course called "Mumbai" |
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The fort at Bassein, to the north
of Bombay
proper, was the Portuguese headquarters from 1534 until the Marathas
overpowered
it in 1739 |
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By the late 1600's, the British
East India
Company in Bombay was minting its own coins; in 1687, Bombay became the
new Company headquarters (replacing Surat) |
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Parsis too have always been
prominent in
Bombay history |
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Bombay as it looked in early
paintings and
engravings |
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Street life in Bombay: some lively
drawings
from the later 1800's |
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In the 1800's Bombay acquired some
monumental
civic architecture |
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The remarkable Municipal
Corporation building |
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Victoria Terminus, the great
railway station,
was in a class by itself |
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Flora Fountain, another of the
city's famous
landmarks |
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Bombay was not immune from the
famines of
the late 1800's |
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Street life in Bombay in
photographs, later
1800's and early 1900's |
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The Gateway of India,
quintessential symbol
of Bombay, was completed in 1924
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Modern downtown Mumbai-- a
spectacular panoramic
view |
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