Bombay Presidency

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former administrative division presidency of British India

Bombay Presidency was a major administrative division of British India centered on Bombay (now Mumbai), encompassing large parts of western and central India during the colonial period.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Bombay Province 2
Bombay Presidency (historical administrative region) 1
Bombay Presidency (historical association) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division ⓘ
presidency of British India ⓘ
administrativeCenter Bombay Castle ⓘ
capital Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: Bombay

Mumbai ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
commonLanguage Gujarati ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ
Sindhi ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
currency Indian rupee ⓘ
establishedBy British Crown ⓘ
British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company
followedBy Bombay Presidency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bombay State

Dominion of India ⓘ
India ⓘ
surface form: Republic of India
governmentType colonial provincial administration ⓘ
hasTerritory Colony of Aden ⓘ
surface form: Aden Settlement

Bombay Island ⓘ
British Sind ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
Kathiawar Peninsula ⓘ
Konkan ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
parts of present-day Karnataka ⓘ
parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
parts of present-day Maharashtra ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Governor of Bombay ⓘ
legalSystem Anglo-Indian law ⓘ
legislature Bombay Legislative Council ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent

central India ⓘ
western India ⓘ
notableCommunity Parsis ⓘ
notablePort Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: Bombay Harbour
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
precededBy Bombay Presidency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bombay Province

Bombay Presidency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East India Company’s Bombay Presidency
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
significantIndustry cotton trade ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
sovereign United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom

Referenced by (76)

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

Nathuram Godse → placeOfBirth → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Nathuram → placeOfBirth → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
subject surface form: Nathuram Godse
Godse → placeOfBirth → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
subject surface form: Nathuram Godse
Rattanbai Jinnah → placeOfBirth → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Rudyard Kipling → placeOfBirth → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Salman → placeOfBirth → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
subject surface form: Salman Rushdie
T. H. White → placeOfBirth → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar → placeOfBirth → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Vinoba Bhave → placeOfBirth → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
subject surface form: Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha → placeOfDeath → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Gopal Krishna Gokhale → placeOfDeath → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Kasturba Gandhi → placeOfDeath → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Rattanbai Jinnah → placeOfDeath → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Bombay Presidency → precededBy → Bombay Presidency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bombay Province
Bombay Presidency → precededBy → Bombay Presidency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India Company’s Bombay Presidency
Bombay Army → recruitedFrom → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Charter Act 1853 → regionAffected → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Petit family → regionOfActivity → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
British Sind → separatedFrom → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Sind → separatedFrom → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Bombay Time → usedInRegion → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Kathiawar Peninsula → wasPartOf → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Gopal Krishna Gokhale → workLocation → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel → workedIn → Bombay Presidency ⓘ
this entity surface form: बंबई प्रेसीडेंसी