When the British acquired the seven islands of Bombay from the Portuguese that Catherine of Braganza brought as part of her marriage dowry to Charles II of England, the East India Company rented them ...
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The Shape of Mumbai

MUMBAI: I am an inveterate lover of maps. The technical term is cartophiliac. Over the last one and a half years since I moved to Mumbai from Delhi, my cartophilia has had a free reign. In a new city, ...