Who changed the name of Mumbai?
In 1995 Bombay officially became Mumbai. To mark the occasion Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray installed a marble plaque with the name on the Gateway of India – a famous sandstone arch. But the national government objected, fearing Bombay would lose its identity internationally.
Who named Mumbai?
In the mid-1990s, Shiv Sena, the Hindu nationalist party in power in Bombay, decided to change the city’s name to Mumbai, a name often used in local languages that derives from Mumba Devi, the patron Hindu goddess of the island’s original residents, the Koli fishermen.
Who is Anil Deshmukh father?
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term, from 1 November 2004 to 5 December 2008.
Is Bombay a bay?
Originally, Bombay was composed of seven islands separated by a marshy swamp. It’s deep natural harbour led the Portuguese settlers of the 16th Century to call it Bom Bahia (the Good Bay).