What is Mumbai?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} [[File:Bombay24a.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown Mumbai at night]] [[File:Bombay Stock Exchange.jpg|thumb|right|The Bombay Stock Exchange]] '''Mumbai''' (previously known as '''Bombay''' until 1996) is a natural [[harbour]] on the west coast of [[India]], and is the [[capital city]] of [[Maharashtra]] [[states of India|state]]. ==Population== Mumbai is [[India]]'s largest city, and one of the world's most populous cities. It is the financial capital of India and a [[global city]]. Many billionaires live there. The city is the second most-populous in the world. It has about 13 million people.<ref name=WG>{{cite web |url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=pnan |title=World: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population (2009) |publisher=World Gazetteer |accessdate=28 April 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5mgEK0l5x?url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x= |archivedate=10 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Along with the neighbouring cities of [[Navi Mumbai]] and [[Thane]], it forms the world's 4th largest urban agglomeration. They have around 19.1 million people<ref>{{cite web |url=http://esa.un.org/unup/index.asp?panel=2 |title=Population of urban agglomerations with 750,000 inhabitants or more in 2007 (thousands) 1950-2025 (India) |publisher=Department of Economic and Social Affairs ([[United Nations]]) |accessdate=9 June 2009 |archive-date=23 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223005931/http://esa.un.org/unup/index.asp?panel=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==History== The [[Seven islands of Bombay|seven islands]] that form Bombay were home to fishing colonies. The islands were ruled by successive kingdoms and indigenous empires before Portuguese settlers took it. Then, it went to the [[British East India Company]]. During the mid-18th century, Bombay became a major trading town. It became a strong place for the [[Indian independence movement]] during the early 20t