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Mohamed Sanaulla wrote:How did you find Mumbai?
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Henry Wong wrote:
The food, however, was amazing -- I had everything from the free (company subsidized) cantina food to the really expensive hotel resturants. Kinda overdid it though. Still have spices coming out of my pores.
Henry
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Mohamed Sanaulla wrote:And you must have found the place really crowded right?
Henry Wong wrote:The city infrastructure feels overwhelmed.
Henry Wong wrote:
BTW, how come nobody in Mumbai calls it Mumbai? The city is still referred to as Bombay.
Henry Wong wrote:
BTW, how come nobody in Mumbai calls it Mumbai? The city is still referred to as Bombay.
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Pushkar Choudhary wrote:
Henry Wong wrote:
BTW, how come nobody in Mumbai calls it Mumbai? The city is still referred to as Bombay.
Bombay is a name given by the British. The city was known by different variations of Mumbai prior to the arrival of the Portuguese and the British. The name was officially changed from Bombay to Mumbai in 1995. You can read this in more details here.
Henry Wong wrote:
I know all about the name change....![]()
I was just wondering why no one (meaning locals) refer to the city by the new name.
Henry
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Akhilesh Trivedi wrote:
Henry Wong wrote:
BTW, how come nobody in Mumbai calls it Mumbai? The city is still referred to as Bombay.
India place name changes
More such pairs are,
Bangalore-Bengaluru
Mahabalipuram-Mamallapuram
Trivandrum -Thiruvananthapuram
Cochin - Kochi
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Pushkar Choudhary wrote:Bombay is a name given by the British. The city was known by different variations of Mumbai prior to the arrival of the Portuguese and the British.
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Not to forget Madras - Chennai. I still prefer to call in Madras.
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Darryl Burke wrote:
Pushkar Choudhary wrote:Bombay is a name given by the British. The city was known by different variations of Mumbai prior to the arrival of the Portuguese and the British.
Um, the city didn't exist prior to the arrival of the British. The Portuguese called the place "bom bahia" meaning "good bay" and the British anglicized this to "Bombay."
The city of Bombay originally consisted of seven islands, namely Colaba, Mazagaon, Old Woman's Island, Wadala, Mahim, Parel, and Matunga-Sion. This group of islands, which have since been joined together by a series of reclamations, formed part of the kingdom of Ashoka, the famous Emperor of India.
After his death, these islands passed into the hands of various Hindu rulers until 1343. In that year, the Mohammedans of Gujerat took possession and the Kings of that province of India ruled for the next two centuries. The only vestige (mark) of their dominion over these islands that remains today is the mosque at Mahim
In 1534 the Portuguese, who already possessed many important trading centers on the western coast, such as Panjim, Daman, and Diu, took Bombay by force of arms from the Mohammedans
Akhilesh Trivedi wrote:
Henry Wong wrote:
BTW, how come nobody in Mumbai calls it Mumbai? The city is still referred to as Bombay.
India place name changes
More such pairs are,
Bangalore-Bengaluru
Mahabalipuram-Mamallapuram
Trivandrum -Thiruvananthapuram
Cochin - Kochi
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Henry Wong wrote:
Mohamed Sanaulla wrote:How did you find Mumbai?
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Went there for business, so didn't really see much of the sites.
The food, however, was amazing -- I had everything from the free (company subsidized) cantina food to the really expensive hotel resturants. Kinda overdid it though. Still have spices coming out of my pores.
Henry
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Henry Wong wrote:
I have no idea. I had India food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I tried to have something different every time. And in some cases, when there was a specialty or sampler item, I would order that. More than half the time, I had no idea what I was eating. Most of it, with maybe a couple of exceptions, was really good.
Henry
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