Mumbai in 1870 || Old pics of Mumbai || मुंबई

Mumbai is one of the oldest cities in India. Being the capital of Indian state Maharashtra, it is the fifth most populous city in the world. You could easily say that is because of the enormous amount of opportunities this city has got to offer the people coming through from various small towns and villages across the length and breadth of the country. Named after Koli goddess Mumbadevi, Mumbai has the natural harbour providing a grand deal of business of fishermen. Very well connected by road, rail and air transport, Mumbai is one of the finest metropolitan cities in India.

In this post of ours, We wanted to touch the old glory of this place through some unbelievable old treasure photographs. This will let you know how significant this city has been over the period of years and would show us the ambience and busy schedule of the people here.
Interesting Facts about Mumbai

This city was built on what once use to be a group of seven islands.
It was the work of British engineers during 19th century to landfill these islands to form the present Mumbai.
Mumbai was earlier known as Bombay, meaning Good Bay in Portuguese.
The Mumbai Suburban trains carry close to 8 Million commuters daily, this is more than the population of Israel.
Not to forget the incredible Dabbawalas, they carry more than 200,000 Lunch boxes daily.
Dharavi is the biggest slum in the world, but wait they are reported to export goods worth more than USD 700 million to countries across.
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