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1 day ago · Maharashtra, state of India, occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan plateau in the western peninsular part of the subcontinent. Its capital city is Mumbai, India’s most populous city as well as the country’s financial and commercial center.
5 days ago · The British proceeded to establish an administrative province known as the Bombay Presidency. After India gained its independence in 1947, the province became Bombay state (1950). A number of former princely states (notably Baroda [now Vadodara]) subsequently were merged into the new state.
2 days ago · Mumbai, city, capital of Maharashtra state, southwestern India. It is the country’s financial and commercial center and its principal port on the Arabian Sea. What is life like in Mumbai? Overview of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- Chakravarthi Raghavan
- Entrance to Mumbai Harbour, marked by the Gateway of India (foreground), Mumbai, India.
- Overview of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- Dhobi Ghat, an outdoor laundromat in Mumbai (Bombay), India.
- Gateway of India, on Mumbai Harbour, southern Mumbai, India.
- Video overview of Mumbai's history.
- Port of Bombay, 18th-century engraving.
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2 days ago · Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru, and inspired the Dal...
5 days ago · This article provides a detailed analysis of the landmark judgement of the Supreme Court in the matter of the State of Bombay and Another v. F.N. Balsara (1951).
41 minutes ago · Mumbai: Despite more than 14,000 vacant Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) seats in Maharashtra, around 30 new pharmacy colleges will likely be opened in the state in the upcoming academic year 2024-25.
5 days ago · The popular Marathi language newspapers at a newsstand in Mumbai, 2006. After Indian independence, Marathi was accorded the status of a scheduled language on the national level. In 1956, the then Bombay state was reorganised, which brought most Marathi and Gujarati speaking areas under one state.
