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  2. theculturetrip.com › asia › indiaA Brief History Of How Bombay Became Mumbai - Culture Trip

    Nov 30, 2023 · The Shiv Sena saw Bombay as a legacy of British colonialism and wanted the city’s name to reflect its Maratha heritage, hence renaming it to pay tribute to the goddess Mumbadevi. However, the name change wasn’t a singular incident specific to Mumbai.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_MumbaiHistory of Mumbai - Wikipedia

    History of Mumbai. 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.

  4. www.timesnownews.com › mumbai › bombay-to-mumbai-whyBombay to Mumbai: Why did the city change its name and what ...

    Nov 5, 2022 · Thus officially, Bombay became Mumbai – named after the goddess Mumbadevi, the city’s patron deity. In November 1195, the central government officially changed the English name to Mumbai in November 1995.

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    Mumbai (Marathi: ⓘ, ISO: Muṁbaī; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore).

  7. www.ncesc.com › why-was-mumbai-called-bombayWhy was Mumbai called Bombay? - Geographic Pedia - NCESC

    Jun 5, 2024 · Mumbai, the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra, was known as Bombay during the British colonial period. The name Bombay is believed to be an Anglicized corruption of the original name Mumbai, or possibly of Bom Baim, which means “Good Harbour” in Portuguese.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_Bombay_underHistory of Bombay under Portuguese rule (1534–1661)

    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 Bollywood film industry.

  9. slate.com › 12 › why-did-bombay-become-mumbaiWhy Did Bombay Become Mumbai? - Slate Magazine

    Dec 1, 2008 · Last week, India’s financial capital, Mumbai, was rocked by a large-scale terrorist attack. In an “Explainer” column published in July 2006, Christopher Beam described how the city formerly...