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Fast Facts
-Location: Mumbai, a port city, is located on the west coast of India on the shores of the Arabian Sea. - Capital of the state of Maharashtra, Bombay was re-named Mumbai in 1996 -Dialing code- Country: 0091 City : 022
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Mumbai Today
Mumbai, a port city on the western coast, is India’s economic capital, its financial center and the heart of the Hindi film industry. Major industries in India are head-quartered here. It is also the centre for India’s booming textile industry.
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Mumbai History
Mumbai has a rich and varied history. The origin of its name is also interesting. Mumbai is a combination of two words – ‘Mumba’ and ‘Aai.’ The former is taken from the name of the Koli mother goddess, Mumbadevi and the latter means mother in Marathi. The city was officially accorded this name in 1995. Earlier it was known as Bombay.
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Mumbai Residents
Mumbai is a tolerant mix of people from all over the country, a mosaic of cultures and communities living in harmony, at the same time each group clinging to their individual identity. A resident of Mumbai is called a Mumbaikar, or Bombayite. The city has many Muslim communities including the Bohras and Khojas. The Parsi community, though small, has its distinct flavor; dress, language and food habits. There are a handful of Jews too living in Mumbai, Baghdadi Jews and the Bani-Israel.
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Best of the city in one day
Like most cities with a rich and vibrant history and an equally thriving modern-day life, there is much to be done and seen in Mumbai, Though not a very large metropolis in terms of area, being the business hub of India has meant that the city has acquired many different faces, each molded by the lives of its multi-cultural inhabitants. The good part about Mumbai is that most things worth seeing are concentrated in the Southern and Western Suburbs region of the city.
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