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Mumbai
A Portuguese dowry handed to the English crown in 1661, filled in causeway by causeway, then rebuilt in Gothic and Deco by the merchants the mills made rich.
Arabian Sea
1661
Dowry
Bombay passes to the English crown.
1784
Hornby Vellard
The islands begin to be joined.
1860s
Cotton boom
Mills and Gothic public buildings.
1930s
Deco coast
Marine Drive built on reclaimed land.