MUMBAI INSIDE


The traditional home of POWTECH India is the perfect place to do business because there is so much to delight, inspire and simply beguile


MUMBAI IS A CITY OF MORE THAN 20 MILLION PEOPLE AND SO MANY RICHES. IT IS ALSO THE MOST DIVERSE, being one of the world’s most crowded, but one that boasts some of the planet’s most expensive real estate. Here live the highest number of billionaires in India. It is exciting, intriguing and utterly chaotic. It has been described as the city where the country’s future is being forged and yet one with a fascinating past. Cosmopolitan indulgences such as gleaming towers of glass and steel loom over sprawling slums, the traffic has to be experienced to be believed and a change of season is likely to bring monsoons with it. Full of contradictions, it has been said that Mumbaikars will happily stand in empty trains but will fight for a seat in crowded ones. The fourth-largest city in the world, spread as it is alongside the Arabian Sea on the western Konkai Coast, it attracts workers from many countries; that itself testament to its global ambitions, something advanced by


MUMBAI | BRIEF HISTORY


Mumbai is named after the Indian goddess Mumbadevi. Its history dates to the formation of an archipelago of seven islands, which were part of the kingdom of Ashoka, the Buddhist emperor. The islands went on to be colonised by several different rulers. From the early 19th century,


as Bombay, it underwent a programme of substantial reconstruction on its way to achieving the economic success that has made it the business capital of India. For more information click link below. | mumbai.org.uk


the fact that in 2008 it was named an alpha world city. It’s undoubtedly hypnotic and seductive, equally alluring to authors, artists and filmmakers. But it’s not just about bright colours, endless bustle and growth. On a more aesthetic level, it is noted as home to no less than three UNESCO World Heritage Sites.


ISLANDS IN UNITY


Mumbai comprises seven islands, all originally home to communities of Marathi-speaking Koli people. The islands were controlled for centuries by successive indigenous empires before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire and then the East India Company. For historians, the islands that formed the archipelago


were known as Isle of Bombay, Colaba, Old Woman's Island (Little Colaba), Mahim, Mazagaon, Parel and Worli. It took over five centuries to unite them and some of their fishing communities are still active today. Charles II of England


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