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Mumbai ( / mʊmˈbaɪ / ⓘ, Marathi: [ˈmumbəi], ISO: Muṁbaī; formerly known as Bombay[ a]) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore ). [ 20] Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the ...
e. Sind (sometimes called Scinde, Sindhi: سنڌ) was a province of British India from 1 April 1936 to 1947 and Dominion of Pakistan from 14 August 1947 to 14 October 1955. Under the British, it encompassed the current territorial limits excluding the princely state of Khairpur. Its capital was Karachi. After Pakistan's creation, the ...
Karachi was known as Khurachee Scinde (i.e. Karachi, Sindh) during the early British colonial rule. An old image of Karachi from 1889 Karachi map, 1911 St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi An image from 1930 of Elphinstone Street, Karachi Karachi Municipal Corporation Building, inaugurated in 1932
Subdivisions. Districts. Tehsils. Union councils. The divisions of Sindh [a] are the first-order administrative bodies of the Pakistani province of Sindh. In total, there are 6 divisions, which are further divided into districts depending upon area. Divisions are governed by Commissioners while districts are governed by Deputy Commissioners .
Wainganga River near Bhandara district. Maharashtra with a total area of 307,713 km 2 (118,809 sq mi), is the third-largest state by area in terms of land area and constitutes 9.36 per cent of India's total geographical area. The State lies between 15°35' N to 22°02' N latitude and 72°36' E to 80°54' E longitude.
Geography of Mumbai. Terrain of the city; dark areas are swampy, medium areas are elevated regions. Mumbai (Bombay) is India 's most populous city with a population of 20 Million. It is located on Salsette Island off the coast of Maharashtra. The original Seven Islands of Bombay were merged by the British in the 18th century, to form one large ...
Thane. Palghar. Raigad. Ratnagiri. Sindhudurg. Mumbai. ^ Nashik and Ahmednagar districts do not culturally belong to Khandesh region. Culturally, Nashik and Ahmednagar districts share a pattern called Gangathadi. North Maharashtra is the geographical region representing all four districts except Ahmednagar.
Mumbai Metropolitan Region ( ISO: Muṁbaī Mahānagara Pradēśa; abbreviated to MMR and previously also known as Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area ), [ 6][ 7] is a metropolitan area consisting of Mumbai and its satellite towns in the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra in western India. The region has an area of 6,328 square kilometres ...