Bombay
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Bombay (kent as Mumbai an aw) is a naitural herbor on the wast coast o Indie, an is the caipital ceity o Maharashtra state. It's Indie's maist muckle ceity, an ane o the warld's maist populous ceities. It's cried the commercial caipital o Indie. It haes the Bombay Stock Exchange an aw major financial trokin is duin there.
[edit] Location an Historie
Locatit on the Wast Coast o Indie, the group o islands that haes developed intae the ceity o Bombay, wis likely first recordit as the hame o fishermen whaur a group o Buddhist monks establisht an ootpost durin the later Magadhan empire. The islands wis passed fae ane king tae anither for twa millenia, till the Breetish trade empire decidit tae forder the naitural herbour intil a ceity. In the fower hunder year syne, the ceity has growen bi a series o laund reclamations that jynes the oreeginal islands intil ae mass the nou.
[edit] Bi Ony Ither Name
The ceity wis cried Bombay for maist o the last fower hunder year. The oreegin o the name is kittlie, but is aft thocht tae come fae the Portuguese phrase bom bahia meanin "guid bay". The name Mumbai has been uissed in the main local leids for as lang, and is ascribed tae the local goddess, Mumba (ai means "mither" in Marathi, the leid o the state o Maharashtra). The name of the ceity wis chynged tae Mumbai bi an act o the pairliament in 1997.
[edit] It's a Muckle Ceity
Estimatit tae hae aboot 15 meellion fowk, the ceity haes growen swithly in the bygane fifty year. The main area cried the "Island Ceity" haes the maist dear real estate in the hale o Indie. Acause o this, the ceity has growen a lang wey intil the mainlaund baith tae the north an the east. It is no unuisual for fowk tae commute mair nor an oor tae wark ilka day. Gettin watter, pouer an fuid intil the ceity is a muckle job that's is owerseen bi civic agencies, plannin bodies an fowk gaun aboot their business.