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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.
By the mid-18th century, the three principal trading settlements including factories and forts, were then called the Madras Presidency (or the Presidency of Fort St. George), the Bombay Presidency, and the Bengal Presidency (or the Presidency of Fort William)—each administered by a governor.
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.
Bombay Presidency was one of the three Presidencies of British India; the other two being Madras Presidency, and Bengal Presidency. It was in the centre-west of the Indian subcontinent on the Arabian Sea .
No.NameAssumed OfficeLeft Office123 September 166814 July 1669214 July 166930 June 1677330 June 167727 October 1681427 October 16814 February 1690Nov 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 3 major Presidencies in British India were The Bombay Presidency, Madras Presidency and Bengal Presidency. The Agra Presidency was one of the 6 Northwestern Provinces of British India. These Presidencies were administered directly under the crown of Queen Victoria (and following monarchs) who ascended the British throne.
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May 27, 2019 · The Bombay Presidency Association and the Indian National Congress (INC) came much later in 1885 – setting the stage for India’s independence movement. It was Bombay that became the testing ground of many of Gandhi’s ideas: Satyagraha, non-cooperation and the Swadeshi movement.
