Question

Write a brief note on the development of Bombay as a major city.

Answer 1

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The first project of land reclamation began in 1784, it was approved by the governor of Bombay, William Hornby.

The great sea wall was built as part of this project to prevent the flooding of the low lying areas of Bombay.

As the population of Bombay was increasing, the need for commercial space was also increased,it led to the formulation of several plans.

Both Governement and private tried for the reclamation of more land from the sea.

In 1864 , the Back Bay Reclamation Company won the right to reclaim the Western foreshore from the tip of Malabar hill to the end of Colaba.

The hills around Bombay were leveled. A successful reclamation project was undertaqkem by the Bombay Port Trust, which built a dry dock between 1914 and 1918 , subsequently , the famous Marine Drive of Bombay was developed.

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Answer 2

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✯DEVELOPMENT OF BOMBAY AS A MAJOR CITY :


➊. Bombay was one of the three presidency cities in colonial India under British rule. It was a group of seven islands under Portuguese control which ,was transferred to Britain in 1661. Gradually it became an important administrative centre as well as a major industrial centre.

➋. It became the capital of the Bombay Presidency in 1819, after the Maratha defeat in the Anglo-Maratha War. The city quickly expanded With the growth of trade in cotton and opium, large communities of traders and bankers as well as artisans and shopkeepers came to settle in Bombay.

➌. The establishment of textile mills led to a fresh surge in migration. Large numbers of people flowed in from the nearby district of Ratnagiri to work in the mills.

➍. It dominated the maritime trade of India. It was also at the junction head of two major railways.

➎.The railways encouraged higher scale migration into the city. Famine in the dry regions of Kutch drove a large number of people into Bombay in 1888-89.