Give explanations for the following:
Reasons for major expansion of Bombay population in mid-nineteenth century:
(i) Bombay became the capital of the Bombay Presidency in 1819, after the Maratha defeat in the Anglo-Maratha war. The city quickly expanded.
(ii)With the growth of trade in cotton and opium, large communities of traders and bankers as well as artisans and shopkeepers came to settle in Bombay. The establishment of textile mills led to a fresh surge in migration
(iii) Bombay dominated the maritime trade of India till well into the twentieth century. It was also at the junction head of two major railways.
(iv)The railways encouraged an even higher scale of migration into the city. For instance, famine in the dry regions of Kutch drove large numbers of people into Bombay in 1888-89.
(v)Bombay was at the junction head of two major railways. The railways also encouraged migration into the city.
