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    Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the most populous city in India with approximately 14 million inhabitants. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour that handles about 60% of India's maritime cargo, making it an important economic center. Mumbai was built on what was once an archipelago of seven islands that were inhabited since prehistoric times by fishing communities like the Kolis people, though it has now expanded onto the mainland.

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    Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the most populous city in India with approximately 14 million inhabitants. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour that handles about 60% of India's maritime cargo, making it an important economic center. Mumbai was built on what was once an archipelago of seven islands that were inhabited since prehistoric times by fishing communities like the Kolis people, though it has now expanded onto the mainland.

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    INTRODUCTION

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    Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the most populous city in India with approximately 14 million inhabitants. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour that handles about 60% of India's maritime cargo, making it an important economic center. Mumbai was built on what was once an archipelago of seven islands that were inhabited since prehistoric times by fishing communities like the Kolis people, though it has now expanded onto the mainland.

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    INTRODUCTION

    Mumbai formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city proper is
    the most populous city in the world, with approximately 14 million inhabitants. Along with the
    neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, it forms the world's 4th largest urban
    agglomeration, with around 19 million people. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a
    deep natural harbour. Mumbai's port handles about 60% of India's maritime cargo. As of 2008,
    Mumbai has been ranked as an Alpha world city.
    HISTORY
    Mumbai is built on what was once an archipelago of seven islands: Bombay Island, Parel,
    Mazagaon, Mahim, Colaba, Worli, and Old Woman's Island (also known as Little Colaba).
    Pleistocene sediments found near Kandivali in northern Mumbai by British archaeologist Todd
    in 1939 suggest that these islands were inhabited since the Stone Age. Their earliest known
    inhabitants were the Kolis, a fishing community. In the third century BCE, the islands...

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