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The Bombay Presidency became Bombay State when India was granted independence on 15 August 1947 and Kher continued as the Chief Minister of the state, serving until 1952.
The presidencies in British India were provinces of that region under the direct control and supervision of, initially, the East India Company and, after 1857, the British government. The three key presidencies in India were the Madras Presidency, the Bengal Presidency, and the Bombay Presidency.
Jan 30, 2024 · The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also known as Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in Bombay, the first mainland territory acquired in the Konkan region with the Treaty of Bassein (1802).
Under the rule of Lord Elphinstone during the years 1853 to 1860, the Bombay Presidency faced the crisis of the Revolt of 1857 without any general rising. Outbursts among the troops at Karachi, Ahmedabad and Kolhapur were quickly subsided.
On 5 November 1817, the British East India Company defeated Bajirao II, the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire, in the Battle of Kirkee which took place on the Deccan Plateau.
After India's independence from British rule on 15 August 1947, the territory of Bombay Presidency retained by India after the partition was restructured into Bombay State. The area of Bombay State increased, after several erstwhile princely states that joined the Indian union were integrated into Bombay State.
Nov 22, 2018 · BOMBAY (PRESIDENCY or), one of the three presidencies into which British India is divided, situated between latitude 14˚ and 29˚ North; and longitude 66˚ and 77˚ East.
The Bombay Presidency was a former province of British India. It began in the 17th century as trading posts of the British East India Company, but later grew to include much of western and central India, as well as parts of Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.
Sep 18, 2024 · 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.
This chapter shifts the focus to the Bombay Presidency to explore the monitorial movement's impact on educational system-building. It analyses the shifting modes of educational governance and the constant renegotiation of the colonial government's responsibility to provide schools for the Indian population.
