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What were Presidency cities? Which were Presidency cities in India? When and how was Bombay made the capital of Bombay Presidency?
Those cities were Presidency cities which were multifunctional. They had major ports, warehouses, houses and offices, army camps as well as educational institutions, museums and libraries.
In India Bombay, Calcutta and Madras were Presidential cities.
Bombay had become the capital of the Bombay Presidency in 1819, after the Maratha defeat in the Anglo-Maratha war.
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How does the existence of a large urban population affect each of the following? Illustrate with historical examples.
(a) A private landlord.
(b) A Police Superintendent in charge of law and order.
(c) A leader of a political party.
Give explanations for the following:
Why well-off Londoners supported the need to build housing for the poor in the nineteenth century?
Give explanations for the following:
Why a number of Bombay films were about the lives of migrants?
Give explanations for the following:
What forms of entertainment came up in nineteenth century England to provide leisure activities for the people?
Explain the social changes in London which led to the need for the underground railway. Why was the development of the underground railway criticised?
Explain what is meant by the Haussmanisation of Paris. To what extent would you support or oppose this form of development? Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper, to either support or oppose this, giving reasons for your view.
To what extent does government regulation and new laws solve problem of pollution? Discuss one example each of the success and failure of legislation to change the quality of:
(a) Public Life
(b) Private Life
Name the novel written by Durgacharan Ray about the city of Calcutta.
___________ is a large, densely populated city of a country or state, often the capital of the region.
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