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A SHORT HISTORY OF BOMBAY (1534 - 2008) - FROM BOM BAHIA TO BOMB BAY
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Issue Dated: December 14, 2008
Tags : Bom bahia | Portugese | coastal fishing village | Vasco da Gama | Calicut | Haji Ali Dargah | Vapi | Daman and Diu | French | western ghats | Infanta Catherine de Braganzain | Lord Clive | Sirajudullah | New Yorks of East | Hirji Vachha Agary | Tower of Silence | safe haven | Raj Thackeray | mute witnesses | cornucopia of diverse cultures | religions | ethnic identities | Nadir Shah | Peacock Throne | Kohinoor | forefathers of Nusli Wadia | Wadia Docks | Duncan Docks Dhirubhai Ambani | Bal Gangadhar Tilak | Ganesh Puja | deity Ganesha | nationalist sentiments | media revolution | mercantile | Bombay Times | Journal of Commerce | The Times of India | The Free Press Journal | Blitz | Old Lady of Bori Bunder | Sikh fighters | Firozepur | penultimate battle | Sir Robert Grant | governor | Presidency | Jolly good Brit | Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy | Grant Medical College | Allopath | Lord Dalhousie | Satara | Jhansi | 21-gun salute | locomotives | Sindh | Sultan | Sahib | Cowasji Nanabhai Davar | The Bombay Spinning Mill | Dutta Samant | farmer suicides |
Tags : Bom bahia | Portugese | coastal fishing village | Vasco da Gama | Calicut | Haji Ali Dargah | Vapi | Daman and Diu | French | western ghats | Infanta Catherine de Braganzain | Lord Clive | Sirajudullah | New Yorks of East | Hirji Vachha Agary | Tower of Silence | safe haven | Raj Thackeray | mute witnesses | cornucopia of diverse cultures | religions | ethnic identities | Nadir Shah | Peacock Throne | Kohinoor | forefathers of Nusli Wadia | Wadia Docks | Duncan Docks Dhirubhai Ambani | Bal Gangadhar Tilak | Ganesh Puja | deity Ganesha | nationalist sentiments | media revolution | mercantile | Bombay Times | Journal of Commerce | The Times of India | The Free Press Journal | Blitz | Old Lady of Bori Bunder | Sikh fighters | Firozepur | penultimate battle | Sir Robert Grant | governor | Presidency | Jolly good Brit | Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy | Grant Medical College | Allopath | Lord Dalhousie | Satara | Jhansi | 21-gun salute | locomotives | Sindh | Sultan | Sahib | Cowasji Nanabhai Davar | The Bombay Spinning Mill | Dutta Samant | farmer suicides |
The Portugese take control of Bombay, then an insignificant coastal fishing village, just 36 years after Vasco da Gama sailed to Calicut. In between, Goa has become a colony of Portugal. Incidentally, this is nearly 100 years after the iconic Haji Ali Dargah came into being in 1431. Ever since, Bombay has been a city of migrants and commerce. By then, the Western coast of India including Vapi, Daman and Diu, were controlled by Portugal. Unlike French and British, who focused on the eastern coast for their trade and expansion in India, Portugese limited their influence to the western ghats only.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
