It is comprised of almost all of the Kathiawar peninsula, the desolate Rann of Kachchh, and the districts of Vadovara, Baruch, Surat, and the Dangs. In 1960 the state was divided into Gujarat Gujarat Historical remains exist from the period (320–184 B.C.) when much of Bombay belonged to the Buddhist Maurya empire. The state contained within its borders the former Portuguese colonies of Goa and Daman and Diu.
, former state, W central India, on the Arabian Sea. Mumbai was the capital of the Bombay presidency and later Bombay prov., which became the state of Bombay Bombay During the American Civil War it expanded to meet the world demand for cotton and became a leading cotton-spinning and weaving center.
Mumbai, after it passed to Great Britain in 1661, was (as Bombay) the headquarters (1668–1858) of the East India Company in W India. The area of the city was ceded (1534) to Portugal by the sultan of Gujarat. A rail network also connects Mumbai with its suburbs, and a monorail began operations in 2014. Along the city's Arabian Sea coast, a 3.5 mi (5.6 km) bridge, opened in 2009, connects Mumbai with its northern suburbs. Click the link for more information. in India. Their ancestors migrated from Iran in the 8th cent. The Parsis (numbering about 75,000) are concentrated in Maharashtra and Gujarat states, especially in Mumbai.
, religious community of India, practicing Zoroastrianism. Mumbai has many large suburbs, including Andheri, Thane, and Ulhasnagar, each with a population of more than 100,000, and the city itself has the largest community of Parsis Parsis On Salsette Island are Buddhist caves, and the nearby small island of Elephanta is noted for its hewn-stone temples. The Victorian-style India Gate near the waterfront commemorates a 1911 visit by King George V. The National Centre of Performing Arts and Jahangir Art Gallery are some of the many cultural attractions. of Mumbai (founded 1857), the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, and the Indian Institute of Technology are among the educational, medical, scientific, and technical institutions in the city. There is an extensive system of hydroelectric stations, and nearby at Trombay is a nuclear reactor. Although it contains vast slums, Mumbai is also a city of great wealth most of India's tax revenues come from Mumbai. Shipbuilding and fish processing are also important industries. It is home to India's largest banks and financial houses and is also the center of India's domestic film and entertainment industry, the largest in the world. Manufactures include automobiles, machinery, clothing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electronic equipment, and refined petroleum. Mumbai has the only natural deepwater harbor in W India, and is a transportation hub and industrial center. Salsette Island itself is connected to the mainland by causeways and railroad embankments. by reclamation projects that combined seven basaltic islets and is now a peninsula of the larger Salsette Island to the north. Mumbai Island was created in the 19th cent. 3,175,000), capital of Maharashtra state, W central India, occupying c.25 sq mi (65 sq km) on Mumbai (Bombay) and Salsette islands on the Arabian Sea coast. Mumbai (mo͞ombī`, mo͝om`bī), formerly Bombay (bŏmbā`), city (1991 pop.