1. Bombay was initially seven Islands.
2. It was under, the Portuguese from 1534 onwards.
3. Portuguese king gave it as a dowry to Charles II of England when he married the former’s sister in 1661.
4. King leased it to the East India Company.
5. The city of Bombay began to grow when the East India Company started using Bombay as its main port in Western India.
6. In 1687, the English East India Company transferred its headquarters from Surat to Bombay.
