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ID: 7001518
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Record Type: administrative |
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Bombay (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 18 58 30 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 18.9750 decimal degrees |
| Long: 072 49 33 E degrees minutes |
Long: 72.8258 decimal degrees |
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Note: Under Hindu rule until 1348, then taken by Muslims; ceded to Portugal by Sultan of Gujarat 1534; ceded to Great Britain in marriage agreement between Charles II and the Portuguese Infanta Catherine; center for British East India Company from 1685 to 1708. |
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| Mumbai (preferred,C,V,Marathi transliterated,U)
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| Bombay (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Asumumbay (NA,V)
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| Numbai (NA,V)
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| मुंबई (NA,V,Marathi,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Bombay (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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| financial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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University of Bombay established 1857 |
| transportation center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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