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Situated on a peninsula, halfway up the west coast
of India, Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the Indian
state of Maharashtra. Of the four great cities of India, Mumbai is the
most cosmopolitan, spearheading India's move into the 21st Century. The
word Mumbai is derived from Mumbadevi, the patron goddess of the Koli
fisher folk, the oldest inhabitants of Mumbai. Mumbai is also the country's
financial powerhouse, the nation's industrial heartland, and its economic
nerve centre. It is also the seat of the glamourous world of Bollywood
Cinema. Dazzling shopping arcades, exciting sport activity, night clubs
and discotheques, theatre and music, and interesting sightseeing-Mumbai
offers the visitor a heady mix of all this and more.
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| Marine Drive, Mumbai |
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