Seven Islands of Bombay

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former islands historic archipelago

The Seven Islands of Bombay were a historic archipelago on India’s west coast that were merged through land reclamation to form the core of modern Mumbai.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Seven Islands of Bombay canonical 5
Island of Bombay 2
Islands of Bombay 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former islands ⓘ
historic archipelago ⓘ
alternativeName Seven Islands of Bombay ⓘ
surface form: Islands of Bombay

Seven Islands of Bombay ⓘ
surface form: Seven Isles of Bombay
componentIslands Bombay Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colaba ⓘ
Mahim ⓘ
Mazagaon ⓘ
Old Woman’s Island ⓘ
Parel ⓘ
Worli Island ⓘ
surface form: Worli
connectedBy causeways ⓘ
embankments ⓘ
coreOf Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: city of Mumbai
country India ⓘ
formedBy land reclamation ⓘ
formerNameOfCity Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: Bombay
formerRulers British Crown ⓘ
British East India Company ⓘ
Gujarat Sultanate ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Maurya Empire ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
Satavahana dynasty ⓘ
Silhara dynasty ⓘ
geologicalFeature basaltic islands ⓘ
historicalPeriod ancient to early modern era ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation of Mumbai as a port city ⓘ
leaseAmount £10 per year in gold ⓘ
leasedTo British East India Company ⓘ
leaseYear 1668 ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Sea ⓘ
Konkan ⓘ
surface form: Konkan coast

west coast of India ⓘ
mergedInto Mumbai Island ⓘ
surface form: Island of Bombay

Mumbai ⓘ
modernCity Mumbai ⓘ
modernState Maharashtra ⓘ
partOf Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: present-day Mumbai
reclamationMajorPhase 19th century ⓘ
reclamationStartCentury 17th century ⓘ
region South Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: Mumbai City district
transferEvent marriage treaty of Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza ⓘ
transferredTo Kingdom of England ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
transferYear 1661 ⓘ
urbanDevelopmentMethod land reclamation from the sea ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bombay Island → partOf → Seven Islands of Bombay ⓘ
Worli Island → partOf → Seven Islands of Bombay ⓘ
Seven Islands of Bombay → alternativeName → Seven Islands of Bombay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seven Isles of Bombay
Seven Islands of Bombay → alternativeName → Seven Islands of Bombay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Islands of Bombay
Mazagaon Island → partOf → Seven Islands of Bombay ⓘ
Mahim Island → mergedInto → Seven Islands of Bombay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Island of Bombay
Mahim Island → partOf → Seven Islands of Bombay ⓘ
Parel Island → partOf → Seven Islands of Bombay ⓘ
Parel Island → mergedInto → Seven Islands of Bombay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Island of Bombay