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*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/bombay_1909.jpg Bombay Map 1909] from the Asia Historical Maps Collection, University of Texas, Austin
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Explosion_(1944) Bombay Explosion 1944] Wikipedia and [http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/bomEx.html Explosion in Bombay 14 April 1944] Merchantnavyofficers.com. The book ''Bombay Explosion'' by John Ennis 1959 is available at the [[British Library]]
*[http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p4013coll8&CISOPTR=2732&CISOBOX=1&REC=11#metajump World War II Operational Documents: Port summary of Bombay, India. 1945] from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library
*[http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1076621 Watson's Hotel, Mumbai] Photographs from Skyscrapercity.com
====Maps====
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/Bombay1893.jpg Bombay1893]
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/bombay_1909.jpg Bombay 1909]
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/Bombay1924.jpg Bombay1924]
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==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=8&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_404.gif Bombay City] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/greater_bombay/publications.html Maharashtra State Gazette 1986]A modern gazette of Bombay with a comprehensive history of the city taken from many historic records and books. Detailed yet very readible and covers many subjects.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai Mumbai] ''Wikipedia''.
*[http://www.mumbainet.com/template1.php?CID=15&SCID=5 History of Mumbai] A brief yet informative history covering key people and events during European settlement and post Independence
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mumbai History of Mumbai] ''Wikipedia''.
*Lieutenant Lachlan Macquarie arrived in India in August 1788 with the 77th Regiment of Foot. His [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/lema/documents.html Journal] describes his life in Bombay. From Macquarie University’s [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/lema Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie Archive]
*[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/lema/gallery/india.html Eight Views of Bombay by James Wales (1791-1795)] from Macquarie University’s Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie Archive.*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1500_1599/bombay/bombay.html Bombay] from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/malabar/malabar.html From the Gulf of Cambay on down the Malabar Coast, c.1700's-1850's: ports (with forts)] from Prof Fran Pritchett’s [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routes/index.html#dates Indian Routes] (Columbia University).
*From Bombay To Mumbai: A Journey Through Postcards [http://mumbaimag.com/postcards-from-bombay-to-mumbai-a-journey-through-photographs/ Part 1], [http://mumbaimag.com/from-bombay-to-mumbai-a-journey-through-postcards-part-2/ Part 2], [http://mumbaimag.com/from-bombay-to-mumbai-a-journey-through-postcards-part-3 Part 3] by Rushikesh Kulkarni c November 2012 mumbaimag.com
*[http://housing.co.in/blog/2013/04/11/from-bombay-to-mumbai-in-pictures From Bombay to Mumbai – In Pictures]. ‘Then’ and ‘now’ photographs. April 11, 2013 housing.co.in *This [http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/onmyplate/entry/how-bombay-gave-india-its-weekend-breaks-and-holidays "How Bombay gave India its weekend breaks and holidays"] by Vikram Doctor January 14, 2013 ''The Economic Times'' *India List thread about British Merchant companies in Bombay<ref>[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-01/1295377930 thread] is about British Merchant companies in Bombay</ref>
*[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2013/01/forbes-and-company-one-of-the-oldest-businesses-in-the-world.html Forbes & Company - one of the oldest businesses in the world still in business] was established by a Scot in Bombay in 1767. British Library-Untold Lives 18 January 2013
*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120805/jsp/opinion/story_15808694.jsp#.UB3lPvYgcnA A Tale of Two Buildings - Bombay’s splendid edifices] by Malavika Karlekar Sunday, August 5, 2012 ''The Telegraph Calcutta''. The University of Bombay: University Hall opened in 1874 and the Rajabai Clock Tower completed in 1878
*[http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1076621 Watson's Hotel, Mumbai] Photographs from Skyscrapercity.com
*[http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/vim0PsB8bW75gL0GQFEkaK/Mumbai-Multiplex--The-line-starts-here.html "Mumbai Multiplex : The line starts here"] by Supriya Nair 4 January 2013. livemint.com "The ‘heritage wing’ of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is a railway enthusiast’s dream", with a slideshow of images.
*[http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/the-best-story-113030900269_1.html The BEST <nowiki>[</nowiki>Bus<nowiki>]</nowiki> Museum] by Ranjita Ganesan. Business Standard March 9, 2013. BEST originally stood for Bombay Electric Supply and Tramways which was Bombay’s oldest transport service provider.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Explosion_(1944) Bombay Explosion 1944] Wikipedia and [http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/bomEx.html Explosion in Bombay 14 April 1944] Merchantnavyofficers.com. The book ''Bombay Explosion'' by John Ennis 1959 is available at the [[British Library]]
*[http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p4013coll8&CISOPTR=2732&CISOBOX=1&REC=11#metajump World War II Operational Documents: Port summary of Bombay, India. 1945] from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library
*[http://www.tajmahalfoxtrot.com/?p=1672 Maxine Steller’s Bombay]. Born in 1930, daughter of Bill Taylor who was in the Bombay Police Force, they lived in quarters behind the various police stations he was assigned to. She describes her early life, including becoming the female singer in a band, and the conditions before and after independence, until she left in 1950 for Australia. tajmahalfoxtrot.com
====Maps====*[http://wwwhomepages.business-standardrootsweb.ancestry.com/article~poyntz/beyond-businessIndia/the-best-story-113030900269_1images/Bombay1893.html The BEST <nowiki>jpg Bombay1893]*[<http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/nowiki>Bus<nowiki>~poyntz/India/images/bombay_1909.jpg Bombay 1909]<*[http:/nowiki> Museum] by Ranjita Ganesan/homepages.rootsweb. Business Standard March 9, 2013ancestry. BEST originally stood for Bombay Electric Supply and Tramways which was Bombay’s oldest transport service providercom/~poyntz/India/images/Bombay1924.jpg Bombay1924]
====Historical Books Online====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=-jNagGDT-PsC&pg=PA183 "Bombay"] ''A new account of the East Indies, Volume 1'', page 183 by Alexander Hamilton 1744 Google Books
*''The Bombay Miscellany'', a monthly magazine [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=b60IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 1, November 1860-April 1861], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZrQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 4, May to October 1862] Google Books
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