Question

what are the reasons for the growth and importance in mumbai?

Answer 1

Mumbai is situated right on sea shore. Right from day of English rule the Port trust have been used for as much as transportation overseas. Since then the fast and secured transportation made Mumbai to grow fast. Earlier Mumbai was to declared as an independent state. Because there was too many business men came from Gujarat and settled in Mumbai. Whole lot of textiles mad Mumbai to grow like any thing. As compared to Mumbai other states never had such infrastructure facilities. So right from Maharashtra it self the crowd started to flow down to Mumbai first from Konkan and then from all over India. And the results are self explanatory. Mumbai was a port city, with strategic location, suited best to European Traders who were coming to India. In fact 4 cities having similarity developed in early 18th century were London, Stuttgart, Karachi and Bombay(now Mumbai), have lot of similarities like go ethic design of buildings, Borse (Stock Exchange) and commercial credibility. The best part of Mumbai is its multicultural existence with acceptance of any body from the world without any discrimination. it is the commercial captial of India producing the a quarter of industrial GDP and a large part of martime GDP. since it is one of the popular port for export and import

Answer 2

The contemporary city of Bombay took form in the 19th century. The town was formed by the joining collectively of various islands, a method that was more or less created by the opening half of the century.

Amendments were then initiated, an organization that continues till today. During the contemporary half of this century, the influence of Bombay as a city of the cotton trade, particularly during the American Civil War (1861-65), produced a pool of wealth, not only among the British but also with Indians.

During 1612–1757, the East India Company set up "factories" in various positions, essentially in bordering India, with the permission of the Moghul emperors or local rulers.

Its opponents were the merchant speculation corporations of Holland and France. By the mid-18th century, three "Presidency towns": Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta had grown in size.

Before the War of Independence, India was administered by the East India Company after the war, it regressed to the Crown.