The greatest metropolis in India, the city of dreams, the jewel of the British Empire. Mumbai is or has been all these things and much more. Join me as we dive into the complete history of the city of Mumbai, once known as Bombay. From its beginnings as a major international trading outpost 3000 years ago, to the takeover of the region by the Portuguese, to the eventual metropolitan city of Bombay that emerged under the British.
From land reclamation, to its accidental rise to power as a cotton trading powerhouse, to the rise of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations as a form of anti-colonial protest, to its growth as the country's financial capital, this is the most comprehensive deep-dive into the city's vibrant and colourful past.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:09 - Ancient Sopara
04:36 - The Portuguese Arrive
08:55 - The British East India Company
13:30 - Bombay's Opium Trade
15:35 - The Cotton Trade Explodes
19:20 - Chawls and Slums
22:32 - A Cosmopolitan City
24:47 - Anti-Colonialism and Ganesh Chaturthi
26:33 - The Bubonic Plague
27:49 - The Back Bay Bungle
31:31 - Bombay in the 1930s
32:44 - The Lead Up to Indenpendence
33:55 - The New Bombay, Mumbai
Video sources:
- Bombay Scenes from 1929: [ Ссылка ]
- Gateway to India 1930s: [ Ссылка ]
- Bazaars in Bombay, 1920s: [ Ссылка ]
- Mumbai City 1920s: [ Ссылка ]
- 1930 Bombay Riots: [ Ссылка ]
- Nala Sopara Railway station: [ Ссылка ]
- Kanheri caves: [ Ссылка ]
- Mumbai Rains: [ Ссылка ]
- Mumbai Busy Streets: [ Ссылка ]
- Mahalaxmi 4K Drone: [ Ссылка ]
- Kamathipura Red Light Area: [ Ссылка ]
- Bombay Stock Exchange: [ Ссылка ]
- Pav Bhaji Street Food: [ Ссылка ]
- Pav Bhaji Sanjeev Kapoor: [ Ссылка ]
- Dharavi Mumbai Slum: [ Ссылка ]
- Dharavi Drone: [ Ссылка ]
- Mumbai Dabbawalas: [ Ссылка ]
- Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai: [ Ссылка ]
- Mumbai Drone View: [ Ссылка ]
- Marine Drive: [ Ссылка ]
- Nariman Point: [ Ссылка ]
- Civil Disobedience Movement: [ Ссылка ]
- Last British Troops Leave India: [ Ссылка ]
- Bombay in Colour (1964): [ Ссылка ]
- Vada Pav: [ Ссылка ]
- History of Vada Pav: [ Ссылка ]
- Mumbai City 4K: [ Ссылка ]
- Mumbai Rains: [ Ссылка ]
- 26/11 Attacks: [ Ссылка ]
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