COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Madras
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Delhi
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Bombay
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mumbai is referred to as the “City of Seven Islands ” because it was built on what was once an archipelago that included Isle of Bombay, Parel, Mazagaon, Mahim, Colaba, Worli, and Old Woman’s Island.
Detailed explanation-2: -The name of the city, Mumbai is derived from patron deity the Mother Goddess Mumba Devi, worshiped by the earliest inhabitants the Kolis. The District Mumbai City is situated on the West coast of India between 18˚ 52′ and 19˚ 04′ North latitudes and 72˚47′ and 72˚54′ East longitudes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bombay was officially renamed by legislation in 1995, and under the Shiv Sena Government in Maharashtra, the city became Mumbai. The city’s name is derived from Mumbadevi, the name of the patron goddess of the Koli fisherfolk who migrated to the islands from present-day Gujarat.
Detailed explanation-4: -What the Company had come into possession were seven islands, named Bombay, Mazagaon, Parel, Worli, Mahim, Little Colaba or the Old Woman’s Island, and Colaba.
Detailed explanation-5: -Mumbai, formerly Bombay, city, capital of Maharashtra state, southwestern India. It is the country’s financial and commercial centre and its principal port on the Arabian Sea.