Mumbai: In the early 20th century, Bombay was fast transforming from a trading town into a bustling colonial metropolis. The Gazetteer of the Bombay City and Island (1907-08) offers a fascinating ...

‘Native’ is a funny word. Is this a useful bon mot when talking about the inhabitants of a city largely constituted of migrants from its very inception? Both the overlords and underlings who ...

The First World War raised costs of living and depressed wages all at once, thus reducing the buying power of Bombay’s inhabitants, who then numbered over 1.5 million. This catapulted labour movements ...

The famous sedition trial of Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1908 was one of the few important political cases tried before the Bombay High Court in the pre-independence days. The special jury that ruled in ...

It might be interesting to note that, back in the day, the strict measures imposed through such colonial laws were largely unsuccessful in controlling the Plague in 1896. The iron hand of the British ...

Researcher from Pune uncovers a rare Portuguese record that reconstructs the birth of the port city ...

From seven islands to a city of 20 million, Bombay (now Mumbai) has been shaped over centuries by political, economic and social forces. From Koli fisherfolk to colonial planners, and Bollywood stars ...

Around the globe, traditional social structure was disrupted with the emergence of modern industrial capitalism. Originating in Britain, in the mid-18th century, industrial capitalism “saw the rapid ...

In 1947, the political baton was passed on to India, but the British judicial system endured. What contributed to this seamless transition? Why didn’t the Indian judges seek to mould the system to the ...

The Independent, a major British newspaper and online publication, will no longer call India's largest city Mumbai. Instead, the publication plans to revert to the city's older, colonial-era name — ...

Mumbai: In the early 20th century, Bombay was fast transforming from a trading town into a bustling colonial metropolis. The Gazetteer of the Bombay City and Island (1907-08) offers a fascinating ...