GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Government of India officially changed the English name to Mumbai in November 1995. This came at the insistence of the Marathi nationalist Shiv Sena party, which had just won the Maharashtra state elections, and mirrored similar name changes across the country and particularly in Maharashtra.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mumbai (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Detailed explanation-3: -The city’s official name change, to Mumbai from Bombay happened when regional political party Shiv Sena came into power in 1995. The Shiv Sena saw Bombay as a legacy of British colonialism and wanted the city’s name to reflect its Maratha heritage, hence renaming it to pay tribute to the goddess Mumbadevi.

Detailed explanation-4: -The name of the financial capital of India, Bombay, was changed to Mumbai in 1996. It was the British who gave this city an English name, Bombay, in the 17th century. In 1996, the government decided to change its name to Mumbai as “Mumba” means Maha Amba and Aayi means mother in Marathi.