6 Interesting facts about Mumbai

6 Interesting facts about Mumbai

Mumbai is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995). According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in the country after Delhi and has a population of about 20 million is the seventh most populous city in the world. Here are 6 Interesting facts about Mumbai

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In 2008, Mumbai was named an ‘alpha world city’ because Mumbai has the largest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities in India.

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Mumbai is the financial, commercial, and entertainment capital of India. It is also one of the top ten centres in the world in terms of global financial flows.

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Mumbai was once an archipelago of 7 islands. Although now linked, the islands that constitute ‘Bombay’ are Isle of Bombay, Colaba, Old Woman’s Island, Mahim, Mazagaon, Parel and Worli. It took 5 centuries for the seven islands to come together to become Bombay.

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Rudyard Kipling, the Nobel laureate who wrote ‘The Jungle Book’, was born on 30 December 1865 in Mumbai. Kipling’s birth home is still located on the premises of Bombay’s JJ School of Art, which was used as the dean’s residence for many years.

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The first person to own a car in India was the great Sir Jamshedji Tata, the founder of the Tata Empire.

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Mumbai got its name from the local patron deity, ‘Mumba Devi’. In the word Mumbai, ‘Mumba’ is the name of God and “ai” means mother.

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