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  2. Bombay (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Bombay State, the name of a former state in India, partitioned in 1960 into Gujarat and Maharashtra — previously a province known as Bombay Presidency in British India. Isle of Bombay, one of the seven islands merged to create the city of Bombay. The Bombay Hills, New Zealand mark the traditional southern boundary of Auckland.

  3. Bombay Sapphire - Wikipedia

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    Website. bombaysapphire.com. Bombay Sapphire is a brand of gin that is distilled by the Bombay Spirits Company, a subsidiary company of Bacardi, at Laverstoke Mill in the village of Laverstoke in the English county of Hampshire . The brand was first launched in 1986 by English wine-merchant IDV. In 1997 Diageo sold the brand to Bacardi. [1]

  4. Mumbai Trans Harbour Link - Wikipedia

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    The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, officially named as Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri–Nhava Sheva Atal Setu and colloquially known as Atal Setu, is a 21.8 km (13.5 mi) 6-lane elevated highway bridge, which connects Mumbai with Navi Mumbai, its satellite city. It is the longest sea bridge in India, and the world's 12th longest sea bridge.

  5. Renaming of cities in India - Wikipedia

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    Some of these local name changes were changes made in all languages: the immediate local name, and also all India's other languages. An example of this is the renaming of predominantly Hindi-speaking Uttaranchal (Hindi: उत्तराञ्चल) to a new local Hindi name (Hindi: उत्तराखण्ड Uttarakhand). Other changes ...

  6. My Big Day - Wikipedia

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    My Big Day is the sixth studio album by the English indie rock band Bombay Bicycle Club.It was released on 20 October 2023 by the band's own Mmm... Records imprint of Island Records, and was produced by frontman Jack Steadman; the first to be produced by him since 2014's So Long, See You Tomorrow.

  7. IIT Bombay - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ( IIT Bombay) is a public research university and technical institute in Mumbai, Maharashtra . IIT Bombay was founded in 1958. [7] In 1961, the Parliament decreed IITs as Institutes of National Importance. [8] A committee formed by the Government of India recommended the establishment of four higher ...

  8. History of Bombay under British rule (1661–1947) - Wikipedia

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    Bombay in the 1880s. Bombay, also called Bom baim in Portuguese, is the financial and commercial capital of India and one of the most populous cities in the world.. Once an archipelago of seven islands, obtained by the Portuguese via the Treaty of Bassein (1534), from the Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, the island group would later form part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza, daughter of ...

  9. Humans of Bombay - Wikipedia

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    Humans of Bombay. Humans of Bombay (HoB) is an Indian photoblog about people in Mumbai (previously known as Bombay). It was started in 2014 by Karishma Mehta. It is inspired by Humans of New York (HoNY). Mehta & her team document the stories of individuals and showcase it to the world through social media posts and a website.