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married Catherine of Braganza in 1661, and as part of her dowry, he was given the ports of Tangier and Seven Islands of Bombay. Then in the mid-18th century, Bombay changed dramatically, thanks to the Hornby Vellard project to build a causeway that would unite all seven islands into a single island with a deep, natural harbour. With the additional help of major new roads and the


railways, project was completed in 1845 and


transformed Bombay into a major seaport in its own right. Today, it is universally regarded as the financial, commercial, and entertainment capital of India. The city houses important financial institutions and is home to the corporate headquarters of numerous Indian companies and multinational corporations as well as some of India's premier scientific and nuclear institutes and, of course, cinematic institutions such as Marathi and Bollywood. The film director Yash Chopra described it as infectious, adding: “Once you start living in Mumbai, working in Mumbai, I don’t think you can live anywhere else.” And the writer Faraaz Kazi once said: “If you've stayed here then Mumbai is like that first love of your life you can never get over. You will be with many after her but that first one is simply unforgettable!” The novelist Gregory David Roberts once said that “more


dreams are realised and extinguished here” than anywhere else. But it was in the novel Shantaram, his vivid portrayal of life for criminals on the run in India that he made, perhaps, his most eloquent observations when he wrote: “Mumbai is the sweet, sweaty smell of hope, which is the opposite of hate; and it's the sour, stifled smell of greed, which is the opposite of love. “It's the smell of Gods, demons, empires, and civilisations in resurrection and decay. It’s the blue skin-smell of the


sea, no matter where you are in the island city, and the blood metal smell of machines.” He went on: “It smells of ten thousand restaurants, five thousand temples, shrines, churches and mosques, and of a hundred bazaars devoted exclusively to perfume, spices, incense, and freshly cut flowers.


"That smell, above all things, is that what welcomes me and tells me that I have come home.” As you'd expect, it is home to countless famous faces, many of whom are household names worldwide; the likes of cricketer Sashin Tendulkar and film stars such as Freida Pinto, Persis Khambatta and Rishi Kapoor. The pop star Freddie Mercury was born here as was the writer and Jungle Book author Rudyard Kipling.


TRAVELLING IS A JOURNEY IN ITSELF Getting around is an experience in itself. Someone once wrote of its busy streets that "you will simply find yourself thrust along a pedestrian wave". It's probably most famous for its trains which is fitting because India’s first ever train ran between Mumbai and Thane on April 16, 1853. These days, Mumbai Locals are the busiest railways in the world and carry about 2.2 billion passengers a year. Mumbai also has the most obsolete electric rail chain in India, which was installed in 1925. Mumbai was the first Indian city to start a bus service:


on July 15, 1926, plotting a route between Afghan Church and Crawford Market. Its Juhu Aerodrome became the first airport in India when it was founded in 1928 and Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport today lays claim to being the third best international airport in the world. The first person to own a car in India was Sir Jamshetji Tata, the founder of the Tata Empire in 1901. Then there are


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