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Bombay Presidency

Bombay Presidency
मुंबई इलाखा (Marathi)
મુંબઇ પ્રાંત (Gujarati)
ಬಾಂಬೆ ಪ್ರಾಂತ(Kannada)
بومبي صدارت(Sindhi)
Presidency of British India

1618–1947
 

 

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Location of Bombay Presidency
The Bombay Presidency in 1909, northern portion
Historical era New Imperialism
 •  Establishment of the Western Presidency at Surat 1618
 •  Bombay Presidency Split into Sindh and Bombay state 1947
 •  Indian independence 1947
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
Colonial India
British Indian Empire
Imperial entities of India
Dutch India 1605–1825
Danish India 1620–1869
French India 1769–1954

Portuguese India
(1505–1961)
Casa da Índia 1434–1833
Portuguese East India Company 1628–1633

British India
(1612–1947)
East India Company 1612–1757
Company rule in India 1757–1858
British Raj 1858–1947
British rule in Burma 1824–1948
Princely states 1721–1949
Partition of India
1947


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The Bombay Presidency, also known as Bombay and Sind from 1843 to 1936 and the Bombay Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. Headquartered in the city of Bombay, at its greatest extent, the presidency included the Konkan, Nashik and Pune divisions of the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, Ahmadabad, Anand, Bharuch, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Panchmahal and Surat districts of the present-day state of Gujarat, Bagalkot, Belagavi, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri and Uttara Kannada districts of the present-day state of Karnataka, the Sindh province of present-day Pakistan and the Aden colony, which presently forms part of Yemen.


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