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I have read this book with passion. It chronicles all the major and minor events which was the genesis of the present metropolis. As per the version of Sharada dwivedi, Mumbai was not found by any maharashtrian, or local person. It was first Portuguese, then The British, and later on a few prominent business personalities, like Parsees, Marwaris, Muslim, and Jews who built the city with their Textile mills, and other industries. Among them, Tatas were the prominent ones.
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 6 |
THE GENESIS OF A SETTLEMENT 1650s 1850s | 15 |
THE EVOLUTION OF A CORE 1860s 1880s | 81 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Bombay: The Cities Within |
| Authors | Sharada Dwivedi, Rahul Mehrotra |
| Editor | Umaima Mulla-Feroze |
| Publisher | India Book House, 1995 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 818502880X, 9788185028804 |
| Length | 335 pages |
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