Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई, Mumbaī, IPA: [ˈmʊm.bəi] (help·info)), formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east, India has a coastline of 7,517 state of Maharashtra. The city proper is the most populous city in the world, with approximately 14 million inhabitants.[1] Along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai Navi Mumbai , formerly known as New Bombay, is a city on the west coast of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was developed in 1972 as a twin city of Mumbai, and is one of the largest planned cities in the world, with a total area of 344 km² and 163 km² under the jurisdiction of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC). Navi Mumbai lies on and Thane Coordinates: 19°10′21″N 72°57′25″E / 19.172431°N 72.957019°E Thane (also called Thana) is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Conurbation, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane District. The city has an area of 147 sq.km. It had a population of 1.2, it forms the world's 4th largest urban agglomeration, with around 19 million people.[2] Mumbai lies on the west The Konkan , also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali, is a rugged section of the western coastline of India from Raigad to Mangalore. The sapta-Konkan is a slightly larger region described in the Skanda-purana coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. Mumbai's port handles about 60% of India's maritime cargo.[3] As of 2008, Mumbai has been ranked as an Alpha world city A global city is a city deemed to be an important node point in the global economic system. The concept comes from geography and urban studies and rests on the idea that globalization can be understood as largely created, facilitated and enacted in strategic geographic locales according to a hierarchy of importance to the operation of the global.
The seven islands The nearby islands of Trombay and Salsette were also merged to form the Greater Bombay that came to constitute Bombay were home to communities of fishing colonies. For centuries, the islands came under the control of successive kingdoms and indigenous empires before being ceded to Portuguese settlers and subsequently to the British East India Company The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China. The oldest among several similarly formed European East India Companies, the Company was granted an English Royal Charter, under the name. During the mid-18th century, Bombay emerged as a significant trading town. Economic and educational development characterised the city during the 19th century. It became a strong base for the Indian independence movement The term Indian independence movement incorporates various national and regional campaigns, agitations and efforts of both Nonviolent and Militant philosophy. The term encompasses a wide spectrum of political organizations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending the British British Colonial Authority as well as other during the early 20th century and was the epicentre of the Rowlatt Satyagraha and the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny. When India became independent in 1947, the city was incorporated into Bombay State During British rule, portions of the western coast of India under direct British rule were part of the Bombay Presidency. In 1937, the Bombay Presidency became a province of British India. In 1960, following the Samyukta Maharashtra movement Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti , roughly translated as United Maharashtra Committee, was an organisation that spearheaded the demand, in the 1950s, for the creation of a separate Marathi-speaking state out of the (then bilingual) State of Bombay in western India, with the city of Bombay (now known as Mumbai) as its capital, a new state of Maharashtra was created with Bombay as the capital. It was renamed Mumbai in 1996.[4]
Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment centre of India, generating 5% of India's GDP The gross domestic product or gross domestic income (GDI), a basic measure of a country's economic performance, is the market value of all final goods and services made within the borders of a nation in a year. GDP can be defined in three ways, all of which are conceptually identical. First, it is equal to the total expenditures for all final,[5] and accounting for 25% of industrial output, 40% of maritime trade, and 70% of capital transactions to India's economy The economy of India is the fourth largest in the world by GDP measured on a purchasing power parity basis and the twelfth largest in the world by market exchange rates.[6] Mumbai is home to important financial institutions such as the Reserve Bank of India The Reserve Bank of India is the central bank of India, and was established on April 1, 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The Central Office of the Reserve Bank was initially established in Kolkata but was permanently moved to Mumbai in 1937. Though originally privately owned, the RBI has been fully, the Bombay Stock Exchange The Bombay/Mumbai Stock Exchange Limited (formerly, The Stock Exchange, Mumbai; popularly called The Bombay/Mumbai Stock Exchange, or BSE) has the greatest number of listed companies in the world, with 4700 listed as of August 2007. It is located at Dalal Street, Mumbai, India. On 31 December 2007, the equity market capitalization of the companies, the National Stock Exchange of India The National Stock Exchange of India Limited , is a Mumbai-based stock exchange. It is the largest stock exchange in India in terms of daily turnover and number of trades, for both equities and derivative trading.. Though a number of other exchanges exist, NSE and the Bombay Stock Exchange are the two most significant stock exchanges in India, and and the corporate headquarters Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the commercial capital of India, contributing 10% of factory employment, 40% of income tax collections, 60% of customs duty collections, 20% of central excise tax collections, 40% of foreign trade and rupees 40,000 crore in corporate taxes to the Indian economy. Headquarters of a number of Indian financial of many Indian companies This is a list of major companies based in India. Please note that the list is highly incomplete and does not have every company of all sizes. More information about the companies can be found in the links to the company articles and numerous multinational corporations. The city also houses India's Hindi film and television industry The Cinema of India consists of films produced across India, including the cinematic culture of Mumbai along with the cinematic traditions of provinces such as Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. Indian films came to be followed throughout Southeast Asia and the Middle East—where modest dressing and subdued, known as Bollywood Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the Indian film industry. Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest in the world. The name is a portmanteau of Bombay. Mumbai's business opportunities, as well as its potential to offer a higher standard of living As of 2005, 85.7% of the population lives on less than $2.50 a day, down from 92.5% in 1981. This compares with 80.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa. 75.6% of the population lives on less than $2 a day (PPP), which is around 20 rupees or $0.5 a day in nominal terms. It was down from 86.6% and compares with 73.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa. A 24.3% of the, attract migrants from all over India and, in turn, make the city a potpourri of many communities and cultures.
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The University of . Mumbai. was established in 1857, is a state university situated in Maharashtra state of India. It is one of the oldest and premier Universities in India. It has been given a five-star ranking by NAAC (National ...
