Some Facts About Bombay
by
Ranjit Singh
·
August 17, 2008
The year 1840 marked the year of progress and prosperity.
- Great Indian Peninsular Railway completed first sod work in 1850 and completed the rails laying work in 1853.
- First bank of Bombay was opened in 1840.
- First tramway was opened in 1860 in Colaba.
- In 1857 first spinning and weaving mill started to work.
- In 1869, the Crawfors Market was thrown open to public.
- Tulsi water works were completed in 1879, Powai water works in 1889 and Tansa in 1891-92.
- Between 1860 to 1890 great influx of migrant labours took place and was held mainly responsible for city congestion and diseases like plague.
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Ranjit Singh
I am working as a scientist in the India's premium E&P oil company. Besides the commitment to my job, I read lot of literature especially good fiction, history and science.
I belong to Chandigarh and did my Masters in Chemistry from Panjab University Chandigarh specializing in physical chemistry.
I am fond of surfing the internet for good articles, social networking and giving vent to writing for which I have aptly chosen the blog in Wordpress.
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