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In the eighteenth century, the isle was merged with its neighbouring landmasses of Worli (in 1784 by the building of the
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of islands that were, in the eighteenth century, connected to form the area of the modern city of
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The island stretched from Malabar Hill on the west to Dongri in the East where it formed a
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Index


Seven Islands of Bombay
archipelago
Bombay
India
natural harbour
Old Woman's Island
Hornby Vellard
Colaba Causeway
History of Bombay under Portuguese rule (1534–1661)
"The Seven Islands"
City of Gold: The Biography of Bombay
ISBN
978-0-14-009500-5
"History of Land reclamation in Mumbai"
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Mumbai
History
Timeline
Shilahara dynasty
Bombay Presidency
Seven Islands of Bombay
Elephanta Caves
Banganga Tank
Old Bombay
Worli Fort
Girangaon
Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti

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