How Mumbai was formed | Seven Islands of Bombay | History of British & Bombay

In this video, we will discuss the 7 original islands of Bombay and how the British got hold of them and how the islands eventually came together to become the city it is today.

#mumbaiislands #formationofmumbai #bombay
Disclaimer: In the video, I use Bombay & Mumbai interchangeably because that is what I do in real life as well, as someone who grew up in Mumbai both the words are synonymous with the City and come to me naturally. Apologies if that offends you 🙏

Credits for song used in the video:
Song: Bombai Nagariya, Movie: Taxi No 9211
Singer: Bappi Lehri, John Abraham, Merreine, Nisha
Music Director: Vishal Shekhar, Abhishek Lalani, Lyricist: Vishal Dadlani
Label:: Saregama India Ltd.

Source Material that was used to prepare the video:
Maharashtra Government Archives on Greater Bombay:
(detail history of Mumbai, truly fascinating)
https://web.archive.org/web/200809141...

‘Tim Riding, ‘Making Bombay Island’: land reclamation and geographical conceptions of Bombay, 1661–1728, Journal of Historical Geography, Volume 59, 2018, Pages 27-39, ISSN 0305-7488,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2017.08....

The History of Municipal Corporation of The City of Bombay 1902
https://play.google.com/store/books/d...

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