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Mumbai

capital city in Maharashtra, India

17 dated entries naming Mumbai, drawn from 16 separate years between 1661 CE and 2008 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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17th century

  • 1661June 23 – The "Marriage Treaty" is signed between representatives of King Charles II of England and King João IV of Portugal, providing a military alliance between the two kingdoms and a marriage between Charles of the House of Stuart and João's daughter Catherine of the House of Braganza on May 21, 1662. The treaty also sets the transfer of Portuguese territory in India (at Bombay) and in North Africa (Tangier) to England as well as military aid from England to Portugal.source
  • 1662May 21 – (May 31 N.S.); Princess Catherine of Braganza, daughter of King João IV of Portugal, marries Charles II of England. As part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay in India, and Tangier in Morocco, to England.source
  • 1668September 21 – The British East India Company takes over Bombay under a Royal Charter of March 27.source
  • 1679October 18 – A sea battle is fought between England's Royal Navy and the navy of India's Maratha Empire (under the command of Mai Nayak Bhandari), with English bombardment driving the Maratha occupation of the island fortress at Khanderi (off of the western Indian coast south of Mumbai).source
  • 1683March 17 – In a battle at Kalyan (near Bombay) between the Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire in India, Maratha General Hambirrao Mohite defeats the local Mughal official, Ranamast Khan.source
  • 1690June 8 – Siddi general Yadi Sakat razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai.source

18th century

  • 1735A shipbuilding industry begins in Mumbai.source

19th century

  • 1857January 24 – The University of Calcutta is established in Calcutta, as the first multidisciplinary modern university in South Asia. The University of Bombay is also established in Bombay, British India, this year.source
  • 1874May 9 – The first commercial horse-drawn carriage debuts in the city of Bombay, plying two routes.source

20th century

  • 1903December 16 – The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Bombay (now Mumbai), India opens.source
  • 1947July 17 – Indian passenger ship is capsized by a cyclone at Mumbai, India, with 625 people killed.source
  • 1993January 6 – January 6–20 – The Bombay riots take place in Mumbai.source
  • 1993March 12 – 1993 Bombay bombings: Several bombs explode in Bombay, India, killing 257 and injuring hundreds more.source
  • 1995November – The Indian government officially renames the city of Bombay, restoring the name Mumbai.source

21st century

  • 2003August 25 – Car bombs explode at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai, claiming 54 lives and injuring 244 others. Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba is blamed for the attack. The attack causes an escalation in the Kashmir conflict.source
  • 2006July 11 – A series of seven bomb blasts hits the city of Mumbai, India, killing more than 200 people.source
  • 2008November 26–29 – 2008 Mumbai attacks: Ten terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based terror group, carry out four days of coordinated bombing and shooting attacks across Mumbai, killing 166 people. One terrorist, Ajmal Kasab, was captured alive and executed in 2012.source

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