Bombay was transformed from a prosperous port city to a major industrial metropolis largely through the expansion of the cotton textile industry. The growing mill industry called for labor.

The influx also brought forth fresh challenges. Housing and sanitation for the vast incoming population, schools for their children, and medical aid called for urgent solutions. The Bombay City Improvement Trust was set up and along came the chawl, one of the most distinctive institutions of Bambay turned Mumbai, which has since defined the energies of the city in the political, economic, social and cultural domains in multiple ways.

Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay

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