Overview of Mumbai: History

Though the seven islands that now make up the city have a long recorded history like any other place in India, their journey to form the city of Mumbai really started in 1498, when the Portuguese took them over from the Sultan of Gujarat. Read More »

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Overview of Mumbai: History is based on Mumbai by sebastian.seidel@gmail.com, shlok, Esther Brown, Balaji, Shweta Jadhav, James Yolkowski, Ikan Kekek, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.