History, Best Places to Visit and Travel Guide of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai, the financial capital of India and capital of state of Maharashtra is second most populous city of India after Delhi and eighth across the world. Mumbai also famed as Bombay is believed as named after Goddess – Kuldevi Ma Mumbadevi, the incarnation of Ma Ambe. Mumbai constitute of seven island - Isle of Bombay, Colaba, Old Woman's Island or Little Colaba, Mahim, Mazagaon, Parel and Worli. These seven island were home to mainly Koli people originally came of Kathiyawad Gujarat. For centuries, these seven islands of Bombay were controlled by different rulers but 18th century was quite important in development of Mumbai. Several construction projects for roads and railways transformed city i
