| In the modern era, Mumbai is such an exciting city with | | | | started in this middle period. |
| a lot of opportunities and entertainment issues to enjoy. | | | | The Koli fisher community still existed there but then |
| But how was Mumbai in the past? As a matter of | | | | became minority when compared to the immigrants. |
| fact, Mumbai is a city with mixed ethnicity. One can | | | | This trend created a multilingual and a multicultural |
| witness many cultures existing in Mumbai. But earlier | | | | flavor in the city. Thus, Mumbai is also called as the city |
| the Koli fisher community was the dominant one. They | | | | of migrants. Many kingdoms ruled Bombay in those |
| were the original inhabitants. It was then after the | | | | days. Kingdoms like the Mauryas, Rastrakutas, |
| improvisation of Bombay, many groups of people | | | | Konkanas and Moulis were those among who ruled |
| stated to migrate towards Bombay to earn a living as | | | | the small Islands before being merged into one. These |
| opportunities started to pour in. | | | | kingdoms lasted until the invasion of Portuguese to |
| Earlier the Islands were individually ruled by various | | | | India. They named the city as Bombay. The name |
| kingdoms. Later after the invasion of the Portuguese, | | | | Mumbai arrived with an interesting reason. The |
| small changes started to take place. An amazing fact | | | | Goddess of the Koli fisher community was |
| to know is that, Bombay was gifted to Charles II of | | | | Mumbadevi. In order to pay reverence to the Goddess |
| Great Britain by the Portuguese in the form of dowry | | | | of the original inhabitants, the city was renamed as |
| after marrying Catherine. Later it was given to the | | | | Mumbai in the year 1995 and til now, it has been called |
| East India Company on lease to invite people to settle | | | | by the name. |
| there. This was how the trend of people migrating | | | | |