Bombay Presidency - Wikipedia Bombay Presidency This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2010 ) Bombay Presidency बॉम्बे अध्यक्षपद ( Marathi ) બોમ્બે રાષ્ટ્રપ્રમુખ ( Gujarati ) ಬಾಂಬೆ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷತೆ ( Kannada ) بمبئي صدر बॉम्बे अध्यक्षता ( Sindhi ) बॉम्बे अध्यक्षता ( Hindi ) بمبئی کے صدر ( Urdu ) رئاسة بومباي ( Arabic ) ബോംബെ സംസ്ഥാനം ( Malayalam ) Presidency of British India ← 1618 -- 1947 → → → Flag 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 domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. ( 1911 ). `` Bombay Presidency ''. Encyclopædia Britannica ( 11th ed. ). Cambridge University Press. Colonial India Imperial entities of India Dutch India 1605 -- 1825 Danish India 1620 -- 1869 French India 1668 -- 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 Bombay Presidency in 1909, southern portion 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, Ahmedabad, 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 and the South Canara ( Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district including Kasargod District of Kerala ; the Sindh province of present - day Pakistan ; the Aden Colony ( part of present - day Yemen ), and the Khuriya Muriya Islands ( part of present - day Oman ). The Bombay Presidency was created when the city of Bombay was leased in fee tail to the East India Company by a Royal Charter from the King of Britain, Charles II, who had in turn acquired it on May 11, 1661, when his marriage treaty with Catherine of Braganza, daughter of King John IV of Portugal, placed the islands of Bombay in possession of the English Empire, as part of Catherine 's dowry to Charles. The English East India Company transferred its Western India headquarters from Surat, its first colony in that region, to Bombay in 1687. The Presidency was brought under British Parliament control along with other parts of British India through Pitt 's India Act. Major territorial acquisitions were made during the Anglo - Maratha Wars when the whole of the Peshwa 's dominions and much of the Gaekwad 's sphere of influence were annexed to the Bombay Presidency in different stages till 1818. Aden was annexed in 1839, while Sind was annexed by the Company in 1843 after defeating the Talpur dynasty in the Battle of Hyderabad and it was made a part of the Bombay Presidency. At its greatest extent, the Bombay Presidency comprised the present - day state of Gujarat, the western two - thirds of Maharashtra state, including the regions of Konkan, Desh, and Kandesh, and northwestern Karnataka state of India ; it also included Pakistan 's Sindh Province ( 1847 -- 1935 ) and Aden in Yemen ( 1839 -- 1939 ). The districts and provinces of the presidency were directly under British rule, while the internal administration of the native or princely states was in the hands of local rulers. The presidency, however, managed the defence of princely states and British relations with them through political agencies. The Bombay Presidency along with the Bengal Presidency and Madras Presidency were the three major centres of British power. Contents 1 Origins 1.1 Early history 1.2 Territorial expansion 2 History 2.1 Expansion 2.2 Victorian era 2.3 Dyarchy ( 1920 -- 37 ) 2.4 Provincial Autonomy 2.5 Last days of British rule 3 Geography 4 Demographics 5 Administration 6 Military 7 Agriculture 8 Industry 9 Transportation 10 Education 11 Film industry 12 Residencies 13 After independence 14 See also 15 Notes 16 References 17 Bibliography 18 External links Origins Early History Silver rupee of the Bombay Presidency, in the name of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah ( ruled 1719 -- 48 ), minted at Bombay in c. 1731. Most of the gold and silver coinages of the Presidencies were in the Mughal style. The first English settlement in the Presidency known as Western Presidency was begun in 1618 at Surat in present - day Gujarat, when the East India Company established a factory, protected by a charter obtained from the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. In 1626 the Dutch and the English made an unsuccessful attempt to gain possession of the island of Bombay in the coastal Konkan region from Portugal, and in 1653 proposals were suggested for its purchase from the Portuguese. In 1661 Bombay was ceded to the Kingdom of England as part of the dowry of the infanta Catherine of Braganza on her marriage to King Charles II. So lightly was the acquisition esteemed in England, and so unsuccessful was the administration of the crown officers, that in 1668 Bombay was transferred to the East India Company for an annual payment of £ 10, and the Company established a factory there. At the time of the transfer, powers for the island 's defence and for the administration of justice were also conferred on the Company ; a European regiment was enrolled ; and fortifications were erected which in 1673 proved sufficient to deter the Dutch from an intended attack. As English trade in Bombay increased, Surat ( which had been sacked by Shivaji in 1670 ) began its relative decline. In 1687, Bombay was made the headquarters of all the East India Company 's possessions in India. However, in 1753 the governor of Bombay became subordinate to that of Calcutta. Territorial expansion During the 18th century, the Hindu Maratha Empire expanded rapidly, claiming Konkan and much of eastern Gujarat from the disintegrating Mughal Empire. In western Gujarat, including Kathiawar and Kutch, the loosening of Mughal control allowed numerous local rulers to create virtually independent states. The first conflict between the British and the Marathas was the First Anglo - Maratha War which began in 1774 and resulted in the 1782 Treaty of Salbai, by which the island of Salsette, adjacent to Bombay island, was ceded to the British, while Bharuch was ceded to the Maratha ruler Scindia. The British annexed Surat in 1800. British territory was enlarged in the Second Anglo - Maratha War which ended in 1803. The East India Company received the districts of Bharuch, Kaira, etc., and the Maratha Gaekwad rulers of Baroda acknowledged British sovereignty. History 1893 map of the Bombay Presidency including Aden Province and Socotra. Expansion In 1803 the Bombay Presidency included only Salsette, the islands of the harbour ( since 1774 ), Surat and Bankot ( since 1756 ) ; but between this date and 1827 the framework of the presidency took shape. The Gujarat districts were taken over by the Bombay government in 1805 and enlarged in 1818. Baji Rao II, the last of the peshwas, who had attempted to shake off the British yoke, was defeated in the Battle of Khadki, captured subsequently and pensioned ( 1817 / 1818 ), and large portions of his dominions ( Pune, Ahmednagar, Nasik, Solapur, Belgaum, Kaladgi, Dharwad, etc. ) were included in the Presidency, the settlement of which was completed by Mountstuart Elphinstone, governor from 1819 to 1827. His policy was to rule as far as possible on native lines, avoiding all changes for which the population was not yet ripe ; but the grosser abuses of the old regime were stopped, the country was pacified, the laws were codified, and courts and schools were established. The period that followed is notable mainly for the enlargement of the Presidency through the lapse of certain native states, by the addition of Aden ( 1839 ) and Sindh ( 1847 ), and the lease of the Panch Mahals from Scindia ( 1853 ). The whole area of South Canara ( including present Kasargod District / past Bekal Taluk of Kerala was a part of Bombay Presidency till 1882. When Bekal Taluk was attached to Madras Presidency, Kasargod Taluk came into being on 16 April 1882. Victorian era See also : British Raj In 1858, under the terms of Queen 's Proclamation issued by Queen Victoria, the Bombay Presidency, along with the rest of British India, came under the direct rule of the British crown. Henry Bartle Frere ( 1862 -- 1867 ) was the first Governor appointed by the Crown. The Governor 's council was reformed and expanded under the Indian Councils Act 1861, the Indian Councils Act 1892, the Indian Councils Act 1909, the Government of India Act 1919 and the Government of India Act 1935. The establishment of an orderly administration, one outcome of which was a general fall of prices that made the unwonted regularity of the collection of taxes doubly unwelcome, naturally excited a certain amount of misgiving and resentment ; but on the whole the population was prosperous and contented, and under Lord Elphinstone ( 1853 -- 1860 ) the presidency passed through the crisis of the Revolt of 1857 without any general rising. Outbreaks among the troops at Karachi, Ahmedabad and Kolhapur were quickly put down, two regiments being disbanded, and the rebellions in Gujarat, among the Bhils, and in the southern Maratha country were local and isolated. Under Sir Bartle Frere agricultural prosperity reached its highest point, as a result of the American Civil War and the consequent enormous demand for Indian cotton in Europe. The money thus poured into the country produced an epidemic of speculation known as the Share Mania ( 1864 -- 1865 ), which ended in a commercial crisis and the failure of the Bank of Bombay ( 1866 ). But the peasantry gained on the whole more than they lost, and the trade of Bombay was not permanently injured. Sir Bartle Frere encouraged the completion of the great trunk lines of railways, and with the funds obtained by the demolition of the town walls ( 1862 ) he began the magnificent series of public buildings that now adorn Bombay ( Mumbai ). Dyarchy ( 1920 -- 37 ) Main article : Diarchy in Bombay Presidency British India 's Montagu - Chelmsford Reforms of 1919, enacted in 1921, expanded the Legislative Council to include more elected Indian members, and introduced the principle of dyarchy, whereby certain responsibilities, including agriculture, health, education, and local government, were transferred to elected ministers. However, the important portfolios like finance, police and irrigation were reserved with members of the Governor 's Executive Council. Some of the prominent Indian members of the Executive Council were Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad, R.P. Paranjpe, Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi, Rafiuddin Ahmed, Siddappa Totappa Kambli, Shah Nawaz Bhutto and Sir Cowasji Jehangir. In 1932, Aden was separated from Bombay and made a separate province, and Sindh became a separate province on 1 April 1936. Provincial autonomy See also : Bombay Presidency elections, 1937 A 1951 hundi from Bombay. The Government of India Act 1935 made the Bombay Presidency into a regular province, and made Sind a separate province, with relations with the princely state of Khairpur managed by Sindh. It enlarged the elected provincial legislature and expanded provincial autonomy vis a vis the central government. In the 1937 elections, the Indian National Congress won the elections in Bombay but declined to form the government. The Governor Sir George Lloyd invited Sir Dhanjishah Cooper, to form an interim ministry which was joined by Jamnadas Mehta of the Lokashahi Swarajya Paksha ( Democratic Swarajya Party ), Sir Siddappa T. Kambli of the Non-Brahmin Party and Hoosenally Rahimtoola of the Muslim League. Minister Portfolio Dhanjishah Cooper Chief Minister, Home & General Jamnadas Mehta Revenue & Finance Siddappa Kambli Education, Excise & Agriculture Hoosenaly Rahimtoola Local Self - government The Cooper ministry did not last long and a Congress ministry under B.G. Kher was sworn in. Council of Ministers in Kher 's Cabinet : Minister Portfolio B.G. Kher Premier, Political & Services, Education and Labour K.M. Munshi Home & Legal Anna Babaji Latthe Finance Morarji Desai Revenue, Agriculture, Forests and Cooperatives Dr. Manchersha Dhanjibhoy Gilder Public Health and Excise Mahmad Yasin Nurie Public Works Laxman Madhav Patil Industries and Local Self - Government In 1939, all of the Congress ministries in British Indian provinces resigned and Bombay was placed under the Governor 's rule. Last days of British rule After the end of World War II, the Indian National Congress re-entered politics and won the 1946 election under the leadership of Kher who was again elected as Chief Minister. When British were present The Bombay Presidency became the Bombay State when India was granted independence on 15 August 1947 and Kher continued as the Chief Minister of the state, serving until 1952. Geography 1909 Map of the British Indian Empire, showing British India in two shades of pink and the princely states in yellow. The Bombay Presidency was bounded on the north by Baluchistan, the Punjab and Rajputana ; on the east by Indore, the Central Provinces and Hyderabad ; on the south by Madras Presidency and the Kingdom of Mysore ; and on the west by the Arabian Sea. Within these limits were the Portuguese settlements of Goa, Daman and Diu, and the native state of Baroda which has direct relations with the government of India ; while politically Bombay included the territory of Aden, in present - day Yemen. The total area, including Sind but excluding Aden, was 188,745 sq mi ( 488,850 km ), of which 122,984 sq mi ( 318,530 km ) were under British and 65,761 under native rule. The total population was 25,468,209 in 1901, of which 18,515,587 were resident in British territory and 6,908,648 in native states. Demographics The Bombay Presidency had a large and diverse population. The census of 1901 gave a total of 25,468,209. By religion the population was 19,916,438 Hindu, 4,567,295 Muslim, 535,950 Jain, 78,552 Zoroastrian, and approximately 200,000 Christian. A significant number of Bene Israel and other Jews were also present. In Sindh Islam had been the predominant religion from the Arab conquest in the 8th century. In Gujarat the predominant religion is Hinduism, although Muslim kingdoms have left their influence in many parts of the province. The Deccan is the home of the Marathi, who constituted 30 % of the population. The Konkan is notable for various Christian castes, owing their origin to Portuguese rule ; while in the Carnatic, Lingayatism, a Hindu reformation movement of the 12th century, was embraced by 45 % of the population. The Marathas were the predominant caste and number ( 1901 ) 3,650,000, composed of 1,900,000 Kunbis, 350,000 Konkanis, and 1,400,000 Marathas not otherwise specified. The chief languages of the Presidency were Sindhi in Sindh, Kutchi in Kutch, Gujarati and Hindustani in Gujarat, Marathi in Thana and the central division, Gujarati and Marathi in Khandesh, and Marathi and Kannada in the southern division. There were also Bhil ( 120,000 ) and Gipsy ( 30,000 ) dialects. Administration View of Bombay from Rajabai Tower ( ca1905 ) The Presidency was divided into four commissionerships and twenty - six districts with Bombay City as its capital. The four divisions were the northern or Gujarat, the central or Deccan, the southern or Carnatic, and Sindh. The twenty - six districts were : Bombay City, Ahmedabad, Bharuch, Kaira, Panch Mahals, Surat, Thane, Ahmednagar, Khandesh ( partitioned into two districts in 1906 ), Nasik, Poona ( Pune ), Satara, Solapur, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad ( Dharwar ), North Kanara, Kolaba, Ratnagiri, Karachi, Hyderabad, Shikarpur, Thar and Parkar, and Upper Sind Frontier. The headquarters of the Northern division were at Ahmadabad, Central Division at Poona, Southern Division at Belgaum and Sind division at Karachi. After the Revolt of 1857, The British East India Company rule ceased, and India came under the control of the British Crown. The government of Bombay was thereafter administered by a governor - in - council, consisting of the Governor as president and two ordinary members. The Governor was appointed from Britain ; the council was appointed by the crown, and selected from the Indian Civil Service. These were the executive members of government. For making laws there was a legislative council, consisting of the Governor and his executive council, with certain other persons, not fewer than eight or more than twenty, at least half of them being non-officials. Each of the members of the executive council had in his charge one or two departments of the government ; and each department had a secretary, an under - secretary, and an assistant secretary, with a numerous staff of clerks. The administration of justice throughout the Presidency was conducted by a high court at Bombay, consisting of a chief justice and seven puisne judges, along with district and assistant judges throughout the districts of the Presidency. The administration of the districts was carried on by collectors, assistant collectors, and a varying number of supernumerary assistants... Military The East India Company had raised armies in each of the presidencies, Bombay, Bengal and Madras. The Bombay army consisted of a number of infantry regiments, sapper and miner units and irregular cavalry. A number of these continue to exist today in the Indian Army ; examples being the Maratha Light Infantry and the Grenadiers, amongst others, in the case of infantry, the Bombay Sappers as engineers and the Poona Horse amongst the cavalry. Under Lord Kitchener 's re-arrangement of the Indian army in 1904 the old Bombay command was abolished and its place was taken by the Western army corps under a lieutenant - general. The army corps was divided into three divisions under major - generals. The 4th ( Quetta ) Division, with headquarters at Quetta, comprised the troops in the Quetta and Sind districts. The 5th division, with headquarters at Mhow, consisted of three brigades, located at Nasirabad, Jabalpur and Jhansi, and included the previous Mhow, Deesa, Nagpur, Narmada and Bundelkhand districts, with the Bombay district north of the Tapti. The 6th division, with headquarters at Pune, consisted of three brigades, located at Bombay, Ahmednagar and Aden. It comprised the previous Poona district, Bombay district south of the Tapti, Belgaum district north of the Tungabhadra, and Dharwar and Aurangabad districts. Agriculture The overwhelming majority of the population of the Bombay Presidency was rural and engaged in agriculture. The staple crops were Sorghum ( jowar ), and Pearl millet ( bajra ) in the Deccan and Khandesh. Rice was the chief product of the Konkan. Wheat, generally grown in the northern part of the Presidency, but specially in Sind and Gujarat, was exported to Europe in large quantities from Karachi, and on a smaller scale from Bombay. Barley was principally grown in the northern parts of the presidency. Finger millet ( Nachani ) and kodra furnished food to the Kolis, Bhils, Waralis, and other hill tribes. Of the pulses the most important are the chickpea or Bengal gram ( Cicer arietinum ), pigeon pea or tur ( Cajanus cajan ), catjang or kulti ( Vigna unguiculata cylindrica ), and urad bean ( Vigna mungo ). Principal oilseeds were sesame or til ( Sesamum indicum ), mustard, castor bean, safflower and linseed. Of fibres the most important were cotton, Deccan hemp ( Hibiscus cannabinus ), and sunn or tag ( Crotalaria juncea ). Much was done to improve the cotton of the presidency. American varieties were introduced with much advantage in the Dharwad collectorate and other parts of the southern Maratha country. In Khandesh the indigenous plant from which one of the lowest classes of cotton in the Bombay market takes its name has been almost entirely superseded by the superior Hinganghat variety. Miscellaneous crops : sugarcane, requiring a rich soil and a perennial water - supply, and only grown in favoured localities, chile peppers, potatoes, turmeric and tobacco. Industry The chief industries of Bombay Presidency involved the milling of cotton. In the late 19th century steam mills sprang up in Bombay, Ahmedabad and Khandesh. In 1905 there were 432 factories in the presidency, of which by far the greater number were engaged in the preparation and manufacture of cotton. The industry is centred in Bombay, which contains nearly two - thirds of the mills. During the decade 1891 -- 1901 the mill industry passed through a period of depression due to widespread plague and famine, but on the whole there was a marked expansion of the trade as well as a great improvement in the class of goods produced. In addition to the mills there were ( 1901 ) 178,000 hand - loom weavers in the province, who still have a position of their own in the manipulation of designs woven into the cloth. Silk goods were manufactured in Ahmedabad, Surat, Yeola, Nasik, Thana and Bombay, the material decorated with printed or woven designs ; competition from European goods caused the silk industry to decline in the early 20th century. The custom of investing savings in gold and silver ornaments gave employment to many goldsmiths : the metal was usually supplied by the customer, and the goldsmith charged for his labour. Ahmedabad and Surat are famous for their carved woodwork. Many of the houses in Ahmedabad are covered with elaborate wood - carving, and excellent examples exist in Broach, Baroda, Surat, Nasik and Yeola. Salt was made in large quantities in the government works at Kharaghoda and Udu in Ahmedabad, and was exported by rail to Gujarat and central India. There was one brewery at Dapuri near Pune. Transportation Victoria Terminus Railway Station, c. 1905. The province was well supplied with railways, all of which, with one exception, concentrated at Bombay City. The exception is the North - Western line, which enters Sind from the Punjab and terminated at Karachi. The other chief lines are the Great Indian Peninsula, Indian Midland, Bombay, Baroda & Central India, and the Rajputana, Malwa & Southern Mahratta systems. In 1905 the total length of railway under the Bombay government open for traffic was 7,980 miles ( 12,840 km ), which did not include the railway system in Sindh. Education University Hall and Rajabai Tower, ca 1905 The University of Bombay was established in 1857, and had an administration consisting of a chancellor, vice-chancellor and fellows. The governor of Bombay was ex-officio chancellor. The education department was under a director of public instruction, who was responsible for the administration of the department in accordance with the general educational policy of the state. The native states generally adopted the government system. Baroda and the Kathiawar states employed their own inspectors. In 1905 the total number of educational institutions was 10,194 with 593,431 pupils. There were ten art colleges, of which two were managed by government, three by native states, and five were under private management. It was in the year 1913 that the first college of commerce in Asia, Sydenham College, was established. According to the census of 1901, out of a population of 25.5 million nearly 24 million were illiterate. Film industry The film production era is said to have commenced in Bombay from 1913 when the first film, Raja Harishchandra by Dadasaheb Phalke made in 1912, was first shown publicly on 3 May 1913 at Mumbai 's Coronation Cinema, effectively marking the beginning of the Indian film industry. Around one year before, Ramchandra Gopal ( known as Dadasaheb Torne ) had filmed a stage drama called Pundalik and shown it in the same theatre. However, the credit for making the first Indian feature film is attributed to Dadasaheb Phalke. Other producers at Bombay during the presidency era were Sohrab Modi, Himanshu Rai, V. Shantaram, Shashadhar Mukherjee, and Ardeshir Irani. Ever since production of films took place, there started the trend of film making that established and further progressed, resulting in formation of the film industry and new film production companies as well as studios. Residencies Outside the Presidency, numerous small states princely states such as those of Kathiawar and Mahikantha came under British suzerainty in a system of subsidiary alliances between 1807 and 1820. The native states eventually comprised some 353 separate units, administered internally by their own princes, with the British responsible for their external affairs. Relations between British India and the states were managed by British agents placed at the principal native capitals ; their exact status varied in the different states according to the relations in which the principalities stood with the paramount power. The principal groups of states were North Gujarat, comprising Cutch, Kathiawar Agency, Palanpur Agency, Mahi Kantha Agency, Ambliara Rewa Kantha Agency and Cambay ; South Gujarat, comprising Dharampur, Bansda and Sachin ; North Konkan, Nasik and Khandesh, of the Khandesh Agency, Surgana and Jawhar ; South Konkan and Dharwar, comprising Janjira, Sawantwadi and Savanur, as well as the territories under the Deccan States Agency, including the Deccan Satara Jagirs, Ichalkaranji, Sangli Akkalkot, Bhor, Aundh, Phaltan, Jath and Daphalapur, the southern Maratha states, comprising Kolhapur, among other states, and Khairpur in Sindh. The native states under the `` supervision '' of the government of Bombay were divided, historically and geographically, into two main groups. The northern or Gujarat group includes the territories of the Gaekwad of Baroda, with the smaller states which form the administrative divisions of Kutch, Palanpur, Rewa Kantha, and Mahi Kantha. These territories, with the exception of Cutch, have a historical connection, as being the allies or tributaries of the Gaekwad until 1805, when final engagements were included between that prince and the British government. The southern or Maratha group includes Kolhapur, Akalkot, Sawantwari, and the Satara and southern Mahratta Jagirs, and has a historical bond of union in the friendship they showed to the British in their final struggle with the power of the peshwa until 1818. The remaining territories may conveniently be divided into a small cluster of independent zamindaris, situated in the wild and hilly tracts at the northern extremity of the Sahyadri range, and certain. principalities which, from their history or geographical position, are to some extent isolated from the rest of the presidency. Baroda State ( Vadodara ), one of the residencies of British India, was combined in the 1930s with the residencies of the princely states ( agencies ) of the northern Bombay Presidency to form the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency and subsequently expanded in Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency in 1944. After independence In 1947, Bombay Province became part of newly independent India, and Sindh Province became part of Pakistan. Bombay Province was reorganised into Bombay State in 1950, which included the princely states with whom relations had been maintained by the Bombay Province ; the princely states were merged into the new state after their rulers acceded to India. See also Bombay Army List of governors of Bombay Advocate - General of Bombay High Court of Bombay Notes 1. ^ A regiment made up of European soldiers. References Jump up ^ Jerry DuPont ( 2001 ). The Common Law Abroad : Constitutional and Legal Legacy of the British Empire. Wm. S. Hein Publishing. p. 563. 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Question: when did bombay became the capital of bombay presidency
Answer: In 1687