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Bombay

17 dated entries naming Bombay, drawn from 17 separate years between 125 CE and 1978 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century

  • 125Gautamiputra Satakarni, a king of the Andhra dynasty, conquers the Konkan near Bombay. He then controls central India from coast to coast.source

17th century

  • 1668March 27 – King Charles II of England signs an agreement with representatives of the English East India Company to lease the Indian city of Bombay (modern-day Mumbai) to the company for a rent of 10 pounds sterling per year, with transfer taking effect on September 21.source
  • 1670October 3 – In India, Chhatrapati Shivaji maharaj, the ruler of the Maratha Empire, leads an attack on the British settlement at Surat near Bombay. British Governor Gerald Aungier secures the British fortress at Surat and saves the lives and property of British citizens.source

18th century

  • 1775March 6 – Raghunathrao, Peshwa of the Maratha Empire in India, signs the Treaty of Surat with the British Governor-General Warren Hastings in Bombay ceding the territories of Salsette and Bassein to the British East India Company along with part of the revenues from Surat and Bharuch districts in return for military assistance. This leads to the First Anglo-Maratha War fought between the British and the Marathas, ending with the Treaty of Salbai in 1782.source

19th century

  • 1817October 17 – The frigate is launched in Bombay for the British Royal Navy. She will still be afloat two centuries later.source
  • 1851October 17 – The first Parsi-Muslim riot begins in Bombay, India.source
  • 1853April 16 – Indian Railways: The first passenger railway in India opens from Bombay to Thana, Maharashtra, 22 mi km.source
  • 1882June 6 – Supposedly, the Bombay Cyclone of 1882 in the Arabian Sea causes flooding in Bombay harbor, leaving about 100,000 dead; this alleged event has, however, been proved a hoax.source
  • 1885December 28 – 72 Indian lawyers, academics and journalists gather in Bombay to form the Congress Party.source
  • 1888September 4 – Mohandas Gandhi embarks on the SS Clyde from Bombay for London.source

20th century

  • 1903December 16 – The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Bombay (now Mumbai), India opens.source
  • 1907February 24 – The Austrian Lloyd steamship Imperatrix, from Trieste to Bombay, is wrecked on Cape of Crete and sinks; 137 lives are lost.source
  • 1922March 10 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay for sedition.source
  • 1942August 9 – Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay, by British forces.source
  • 1944April 14 – Bombay Explosion: Freighter SS Fort Stikine, carrying a mixed cargo of ammunition, cotton bales and gold, explodes in harbour at Bombay (India), sinking surrounding ships and killing around 1,300 people.source
  • 1946September 4 – Street violence between Muslims and Hindus erupts in Bombay.source
  • 1978January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.source

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