Question

compare and contrast between london and bombay. give five differences

Answer 1

Both London and Bombay ( Mumbai) are industrial cities .both had dense population due to migration of workers in search of jobs in cities, towns.Recreation and Entertainment facilities were available to wealthy individuals.Both had good education system.Both the cities tried hard to cope up with providing housing facilities to growing population in the early 18th and 19th centuries.Both had heritage buildings which are preserved even today

 

Differences

1 Mumbai (Bombay) is the port city with number of top industries functioning in itIt is commutable on road, rail, sea etc 2Traffic problem persists in Bombay even today 3 housing conditions is under developing stage in Bombay 4Bombay is the birthplace of Hindi cinema and it is considered as the modern city that follows western culture to greater levels

​​London

1.  Majority of people who lived in London in the early 19th century were migrants, workers, labourers etc 
2.  London had well developed underground railway transport which solved commuting problems of the working class public 
3.  Women belonging to lower social sections of society worked when compared with upper caste women
4.  Wealthy people of London celebrated annual event by name, London Season which was their main source of entertainment

Answer 2

Comparison between London and Bombay are

(i) Both the cities laced the problem of high density of population due to migrant population.

(ii) Both the cities faced housing crisis, growth of slums and increasing pressure on health and sanitation issues.

(iii) Both these cities were marked by contrasts of affluence and extreme poverty.

(iv) For housing the migrant population, both saw the

’ growth of tenements, which were largely owned by private landlords. In Bombay, these multi-storeyed structures were known as chawls. In both Bombay and London, houses were small, and streets aild neighbourhood were used for a variety of activities like cooking, washing and leisure by the poor.

Contrast between London and Bombay are

(i) Bombay, unlike London, from its earliest days, did not grow according to any plan.

(ii) While every Londoner in the 1840s enjoyed an average space of 155 square yards, Bombay had a mere 9.5 square yards.

(iii) Since India was a colonial country, Bombay was developed with a racial pattern. The Bombay Fort area, which formed the heart of the city, was divided into ‘native town’ and ‘white section’. But there was no such division in London city.

(iv) While town planning in London emerged from fears of social revolution, planning in Bombay was done to prevent a plague epidemic.