25/04/2010 · Mumbai is the correct name Sameer,Let me tell you the history behind the name “Mumbai”. The name of the city Bombay (now correctly called Mumbai) is derived from MAA MUMBADEVI . This temple is dedicated to city’s patron Goddess Mumbadevi.

Answer (1 of 3): Bombay became Mumbai in 1995(shiv Sena), so almost 200 years people called it Bombay. It’s hard to take this name out of people’s lives easily. IIT Bombay was established in 1958, followed by those at Madras (1959), Kanpur (1959) and Delhi (1961).

14/08/2018 · Essentially it was thought the name should be ditched because it was the English name for the city - believed to be a mispronunciation of Mumbai.

19/09/2016 · The Shiv Sena saw Bombay as a legacy of British colonialism and wanted the city’s name to reflect its Maratha heritage, hence renaming it to pay tribute to the goddess Mumbadevi. However, the name change wasn’t a singular incident specific to Mumbai.

01/12/2008 · “Bombay” is an anglicization of the Portuguese name “Bombaim,” which is believed to derive from the phrase “Bom Bahia,” or “Good Bay.” (Portugal held territories in western India ...

06/08/2006 · In 2004, The Times decided to go along with the decision made nearly a decade before by local and national Indian authorities. The paper’s updated style manual decreed: “Mumbai, formerly Bombay.

10/02/2016 · Why UK daily decided to use 'Bombay' and not 'Mumbai'. A leading British daily will revert to using Bombay instead of Mumbai when referring to the financial hub of India, to take stand against a ...

The city’s official name change, to Mumbai from Bombay happened when regional political party Shiv Sena came into power in 1995. The Shiv Sena saw Bombay as …

04/02/2015 · A Mumbaikar who grew up in a middle class Maharashtrian family, Mr. Joshi is at the centre of a debate on the preferred nomenclature for “Maximum City”:Bombay or Mumbai? The controversy was ...

02/04/2019 · According to local Bangladeshi stories, the term Bombay duck was first coined by Robert Clive, after he tasted a piece during his conquest of Bengal. He is said to have associated the pungent smell with that of the newspapers and mail which would come into the cantonments from Bombay (now Mumbai).