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The seven islands that now form
Mumbai were first home to the Koli fisher folk, whose shanties still occupy
parts of the city shoreline today. The island were ruled by a succession of
Hindu dynasties, invaded by Muslim in the 14th century and then ceded to
Portugal by the Sultan of Gujarat in 1534. The Portuguese did little to develop
them before the major island of the group was included in Catherine of
Braganza's dowry when she married England's Charles II in 1661. The British
Government took possession of all seven islands in 1665 but leased them three
years later to the East India Company for a meagre annual rent. Bombay soon
develop as a trading port, thanks to its fine harbour and because merchants were
attracted from other parts of India by the British promise of religious freedom
and land grants. Bombay's fort was built in 1720s, and land reclamation projects
soon began the century-long process of joining the seven islands into a single
land mass. Although Bombay grew steadily during the 18th century, it remained
isolated from its hinterland until the British defeated the Marathas and annexed
substantial portions of Western India in 1818. Growth was spurred by the arrival
of steam ships and the construction of the first railway in Asia from Bombay to
Thane in 1853. Bombay played a formative role in the struggle for Independence,
hosting the first Indian National Congress in 1885 and the launched of the 'Quit
India' campaign in 1942. After Independence the city became capital of the
Bombay Presidency, but this was divided on linguistic grounds into Maharashtra
and gujarat in 1960. Since then Bombay was made the capital of Maharashtra, the
city of Bombay was officially renamed Mumbai in 1996.
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