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Mumbai ( / mʊmˈbaɪ / ⓘ, Marathi: [ˈmumbəi], ISO: Mumbaī; formerly known as Bombay [a]) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore ). [18] Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the ...
Planning. In June 2015, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) proposed building a 32 km Wadala-Thane-Kasarvadavali metro line as part of a plan to build six new metro lines at a total estimated cost of ₹64,000 crore (US$8.0 billion). [7] Line 4 was approved in June 2016, [8] and was estimated to cost ₹14,549 crore (US ...
Inaugural holder. Dhanjishah Bomanjee Cooper. ( as Prime Minister of Bombay State) Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher. ( as Chief Minister of Bombay State) Yashwantrao Chavan. ( as Chief Minister of Maharashtra) Formation. 1 May 1960.
Mumbai Metropolitan Region (abbreviated to MMR and previously also known as Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area ), [6] [7] is a metropolitan area consisting of Mumbai and its satellite towns in the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra in western India. The region has an area of 6,328 square kilometres (2,443 sq mi) [8] and with a population of ...
The Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit (MRT) system serving the city of Mumbai and the wider Mumbai Metropolitan Region in Maharashtra, India.. While the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited is responsible for all metro rail projects being developed in Maharashtra, except for those in the Mumbai Metropolitan Area, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is the authority ...
The University of Mumbai (previously University of Bombay) is a public state university in Mumbai. It is one of the largest university systems in the world with over 549,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges. [4] [5] As of 2013, the university had 711 affiliated colleges. [6]
Adarsh Housing Society scandal. Coordinates: 18.9093°N 72.8167°E. Adarsh Housing Society in July 2011. The Adarsh Housing Society is a 31-story building constructed on prime real estate in Colaba, Bombay, for the welfare of war Widows and personnel of India's Ministry of Defence. Over a period of several years, politicians, bureaucrats and ...