The origin of the word Bombay came when the Portuguese arrived and started calling the city ‘Bombahia’, Bom (good) and Bahia (bay). Some time later bombahia became Bombay when the city was given to the British in dowry of their Princess.
Since 1995, Shiv Sena’s leadership pushed for name change of Bombay to Mumbai. The drive to rename Bombay was part of a larger interest to strengthen Marathi identity in the Maharashtra region. This drive can still be seen as Shiv Sena is trying its best to make Bombay -now Mumbai -a city of Marathi Manoos.
Mumbai is on a shaky ground at the moment with the entire crises of politics being played in the name of religion, so what will Mumbai be called next?
Mumbai is on a shaky ground at the moment with the entire crises of politics being played in the name of religion, so what will Mumbai be called next?
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