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Mumbai

Mumbai

Western Indian port city, formerly Bombay, from which India's first passenger train ran in 1853.

Place

Also known as Bombay

Identifiers
Wikidata Q1156

Sources

Appears in18 items

  • A History of Film3 items
    • The Cinématographe reaches Bombay7 Jul 1896
    • Raja Harishchandra: India’s first feature3 May 1913
    • Sholay15 Aug 1975
  • Mahatma Gandhi5 items
    • Sails from Bombay to study law4 Sep 1888
    • Called to the bar at the Inner Temple10 Jun 1891
    • Tongue-tied in a Bombay court1892
    • Home to Bombay9 Jan 1915
    • “Quit India”: Do or Die8 Aug 1942
  • Pandemics1 item
    • Plague reaches BombaySep 1896
  • Railways: From Stockton to the Shinkansen1 item
    • Bombay to Thane: India’s first passenger train16 Apr 1853
  • Telegraph to Smartphone1 item
    • London is wired to Bombay23 Jun 1870
  • The East India Company2 items
    • Charles II leases Bombay to the Company27 Mar 1668 O.S.
    • Child’s War1686 O.S.
  • The History of India4 items
    • The first passenger train16 Apr 1853
    • The Indian National Congress is founded28 Dec 1885
    • Quit India8 Aug 1942
    • The Royal Indian Navy mutiny18 Feb 1946
  • Vaccines1 item
    • Haffkine tests his plague vaccine on himself10 Jan 1897

Mentioned in1 item

  • Mahatma Gandhi1 item
    • Hind Swaraj, written at seaNov 1909

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