what were presidency cities?When and how was Bombay made the capital of Bombay presidency
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Bombay Presidency
Bombay Presidency
1618–1950
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The Bombay Presidency in 1909, northern portion
The Bombay Presidency in 1909, southern portion
Capital
Bombay
Historical era
New Imperialism
• Establishment of the Western Presidency at Surat
1618
• Regulating Act of 1773
1773
• Government of India Act 1858
1858
• Separation of Aden
1932
• Government of India Act, 1935
1935
• Separation of Sind
1936
• Independence of India
1947
• Bombay Province becomes Bombay state
1950
• Republic of India
1950
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Western Presidency
Bombay State
Sindh
Colony of Aden
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bombay Presidency". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Colonial India
Imperial entities of India
Dutch India
1605–1825
Danish India
1620–1869
French India
1668–1954
Portuguese India
(1505–1961)
Casa da Índia
1434–1833
Portuguese East India Company
1628–1633
British India
(1612–1947)
East India Company
1612–1757
Company rule in India
1757–1858
British Raj
1858–1947
British rule in Burma
1824–1948
Princely states
1721–1949
Partition of India
1947
The Bombay Presidency, also known as Bombay and Sind from 1843 to 1936 and the Bombay Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. Headquartered in the city of Bombay, at its greatest extent, the presidency included the Konkan, Nashik and Pune divisions of the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra; Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Panchmahal and Surat districts of the present-day state of Gujarat; Bagalkot, Belagavi, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, and Uttara Kannada districts of the present-day state of Karnataka; the Sindh province of present-day Pakistan; the Aden Colony (part of present-day Yemen), and the Khuriya Muriya Islands (part of present-day Oman).