2007-02-20 17:36:17 · 13 answers · asked by satish s 1 in Travel ➔ India ➔ Mumbai
Mumbai is in the west of India and a capital of Maharashtra also called Bombay...... famous as financial capital of India and main metro city......
2007-02-20 19:22:43 · answer #1 · answered by Dinesh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mumbai (mūmbī', mʊm'bī) , formerly Bombay (bŏmbā') , city (1991 pop. 3,175,000), capital of Maharashtra state, W central India, occupying c.25 sq mi (65 sq km) on Mumbai (Bombay) and Salsette islands on the Arabian Sea coast. Mumbai Island was created in the 19th cent. by reclamation projects that combined seven basaltic islets and is now a peninsula of the larger Salsette Island to the north. Salsette Island itself is connected to the mainland by causeways and railroad embankments.
Mumbai has the only natural deepwater harbor in W India, and is a transportation hub and industrial center. Manufactures include automobiles, machinery, clothing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electronic equipment, and refined petroleum. It is home to India's largest banks and financial houses and is also the center of India's domestic film and entertainment industry, the largest in the world. Shipbuilding and fish processing are also important industries. Although it contains vast slums, Mumbai is also a city of great wealth; most of India's tax revenues come from Mumbai. There is an extensive system of hydroelectric stations, and nearby at Trombay is a nuclear reactor.
The Univ. of Mumbai (founded 1857), the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, and the Indian Institute of Technology are among the educational, medical, scientific, and technical institutions in the city. The National Centre of Performing Arts and Jahangir Art Gallery are some of the many cultural attractions. The Victorian-style India Gate near the waterfront commemorates a 1911 visit by King George V. On Salsette Island are Buddhist caves, and the nearby small island of Elephanta is noted for its hewn-stone temples. Mumbai has many large suburbs, including Andheri, Thane, and Ulhasnagar, each with a population of more than 100,000, and the city itself has the largest community of Parsis in India. Sanjay Gandhi National Park is nearby.
The area of the city was ceded (1534) to Portugal by the sultan of Gujarat. Mumbai, after it passed to Great Britain in 1661, was (as Bombay) the headquarters (1668–1858) of the East India Company in W India. During the American Civil War it expanded to meet the world demand for cotton and became a leading cotton-spinning and weaving center. Mumbai was the capital of the Bombay presidency and later Bombay prov., which became the state of Bombay. In 1960 the state was divided into Gujarat and Maharashtra states, and Mumbai became the capital of the latter.
The city was convulsed by anti-Muslim riots in 1993. Mumbai's prominence as India's financial capital has also made it a target for criminal gang and terrorist violence; the former was the cause of some 250 deaths from bombings in 1993, and the latter was suspected in the July, 2006, bomb attacks that killed some 200 people. The city was officially renamed Mumbai (its name in the indigenous language, Marathi) in 1995.
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2007-02-20 17:54:02 · answer #2 · answered by The Nomad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mumbai formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra. It is located on Salsette Island, off the west coast of Maharashtra.
2007-02-20 23:54:54 · answer #3 · answered by Aastha G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mumbai prior named Bombay is the capital of Maharashtra as kolkata is the capital of West Bengal.It is on the west side of India.
U can type "India map " on google n see where it is located.
2007-02-20 21:24:45 · answer #4 · answered by annie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mumbai is in maharashtra, Maharashtra is in India , India is in Asia & Asia is in Globe & Globe is in your house So mumbai is in your house Oh! my God you don't know mumbai?
2007-02-20 18:25:45 · answer #5 · answered by i20sick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is in Maharastra state , being its capital , stuated at the west coast of peninsular part of India facing Arabian Ocean.
2007-02-20 21:08:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is on the west coast of India and it is the financial capital of India.
2007-02-21 19:06:23 · answer #7 · answered by wizard of the East 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its in western part of india.if you have google earth, just log and search it. You can see it for your self, and next time be a bit clear in questioning, i cant understnad what your question is about! do you want to go there , or you dont know where Bombay is?
2007-02-20 18:29:23 · answer #8 · answered by smiley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Latitude : 18.96 ° N
Longitude 72.82 ° E
2007-02-24 02:10:42 · answer #9 · answered by plzselectanotherone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
satish
Mumbai is on a downward slide, thanx to the hordes of unemployed, unemployable, criminal, deseased begging bhaiyyas descending on it from UP & Bihar.
2007-02-22 18:40:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋