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• Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the capital city of Maharashtra, India and is one of the top financial centers in the world. Bollywood, the film making center of India, is also located in Mumbai.

  The city of Mumbai became the center for a series of coordinated terrorist attacks at sites including luxury hotels and a train station on November 26, 2008.BBC: Mumbai Rocked by Deadly Shootings (November 26, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Country: India
  2. Languages Spoken: Marathi, Hindi, English
  3. Currency: Indian Rupee (INR)
  4. Country code: +91
  5. Area code: +022
  6. Time zone: IST (UTC+5:30)
  7. Airport code: BOMWorld Airport Codes.com: Chhatrapati Shivaji International
  8. Population: 13,662,885 (January 2008)World Gazetteer: World: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population
  9. Climate: Humid; 3 seasons: summer (March to May), monsoon (June to September), and dry (November to February)Mumbai Commercial Capital of India: Climate
  10. Began as a group of seven islands captured by the Portuguese in 1534Mumbai Commercial Capital of India: Mumbai History
  11. Changed name from Bombay to Mumbai in 1995 after the fisher folk goddess MumbadeviMumbai Commercial Capital of India: Mumbai History WCities: Mumbai - Historical Background

• November 2008 Terrorist Attacks

  On November 26, 2008, at least seven sites in Mumbai were attacked by terrorists.CNN: Scores Killed in Mumbai Rampage (November 26, 2008) Specifically, the Taj Majal Hotel, Hotel Oberoi, Trident Hotel, Café Leopold, Marriot Mumbai, the Cama Hospital and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station were targeted.CNN: Scores Killed in Mumbai Rampage (November 26, 2008) The shootings and bombings have claimed at least 80 lives and have hundreds more injured.NDTV.com: A City That Never Sleeps, Brought to Knees (November 26, 2008) Hostage situations are also involved at the Trident Hotel and the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.NDTV.com: A City That Never Sleeps, Brought to Knees (November 26, 2008) Reports have cited 40 hostages in the Trident Hotel and 15 hostages in the Taj Mahal Hotel, reportedly chosen due to their British or American passport status.NDTV.com: A City That Never Sleeps, Brought to Knees (November 26, 2008)

• History and Culture

  The name Mumbai is derived from the Marathi pronunciation of the word, but when the British took power in the 17th century, the name changed to the anglicized pronunciation of "Bombay." Today Mumbai plays host to a large maritime economy and houses the headquarters of numerous multinational corporations. In addition, the Bollywood film industry, which is based in Mumbai, is one of the largest film industries in the world in terms of output. Shahrukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan are on the list of Bollywood's top stars.

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