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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 |
For many, it is an institution that has lowered media standards over the years. But for Bombay, it effectively marks the launch of the media revolution in India. Launched as a ‘mercantile’ daily by British businessmen in 1838 as the Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce, The Times of India today is a media institution that you simply cannot ignore. Many iconic media publications like The Free Press Journal and the Blitz have come and gone, but the Old Lady of Bori Bunder remains an integral part of the history of Bombay
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
