Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 13 bomb explosions that took place in Bombay ( now Mumbai ) , Maharashtra , India on 12 March 1993 .
Simplified: The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of thirteen bomb explosions . They took place in Bombay ( now Mumbai ) , India on March 12 , 1993 .