Seven islands of Bombay

Seven islands of Bombay

Seven islands were united to form the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay):

# Isle of Bombay
# Colaba
# Old Woman's Island (Little Colaba)
# Mahim
# Mazagaon
# Parel
# Worli

The nearby islands of Trombay and Salsette were also merged to form the Greater Bombay.

The remaining islands are:
* Gharapuri Island/Elephanta Island
* Butcher Island
* Middle Ground Coastal Battery
* Oyster Rock
* East Ground

External links

* [http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/7islands.html The Seven Islands: Mumbai]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Seven Islands — may refer to: *Seven islands of Bombay, the seven islands which united to form the city of Mumbai *Seven Islands (West Virginia), a group of seven bar islands in West Virginia *Seven Islands Land Company, a land and timber management holding… …   Wikipedia

  • Bombay Stock Exchange — मुंबई शेअर बाजार …   Wikipedia

  • Bombay (disambiguation) — Bombay might refer to:Places*Bombay is the former name of the Indian city of Mumbai. *Bombay State is the name of a former state in India, partitioned in 1960 into Gujarat and Maharashtra. It was previously a province known as Bombay Presidency… …   Wikipedia

  • Bombay Riots — The Bombay Riots usually refers to the riots in Mumbai, in December 1992 and January 1993, in which around 900 people died. An estimated 575 Muslims (67%) and 275 Hindus (32%) died, and 2,000 people were injured in the riots.[1] . An… …   Wikipedia

  • Bombay Dockyard — Naval dockyard, Mumbai: Entry to the dockyard is restricted to naval personnel only Bombay Dockyard also known as Naval Dockyard is an Indian shipbuilding yard at Mumbai. Shipbuilding was an established profession throughout the Indian coastline… …   Wikipedia

  • Bombay Hindi — Mumbai Hindi (Hindi: मुंबई हिंदी Mumbai Hindi, or simply Mumbaiyya) is a Hindi pidgin[1] spoken in and around the city of Mumbai, India.[2] It incorporates words and pronunciations from Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani and English.[3]… …   Wikipedia

  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay — Motto ज्ञानं परमं ध्येयम् (jñānaṁ paramaṁ dhyeyam) (Sanskrit) Motto in English Knowledge is the Supreme Goal Estab …   Wikipedia

  • Isle of Bombay — was one of Seven islands of Bombay, that were merged to create city of Bombay. External links* [http://www.dinsdoc.com/niebuhr 1 30.htm Travels through Arabia and Other Countries in the East by Niebuhr, Carsten, Volume II. Section XXX] …   Wikipedia

  • Bombay — /bom bay /, n. 1. a seaport in and the capital of Maharashtra, in W India, on the Arabian Sea. 5,970,575. 2. a former state in W India: divided in 1960 into the Gujarat and Maharashtra states. * * * ▪ India Introduction Marāṭhī  Mumbai   city,… …   Universalium

  • Seven Seas — For other uses, see Seven seas (disambiguation). The Seven Seas in European Medieval Literature …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”