Mumbai

                 Mumbai, which was previously known as Bombay is a major metropolitan city of India. It is the state capital of Maharashtra . Mumbai city is known as the business capital of India, it being the country's principal financial and communications centre. The city has the largest and the busiest port handling India's foreign trade and a major Interntional airport. India's largest Stock Exchange which ranks as the third largest in the world, is situated in Mumbai. Here, trading of stocks is carried out in billions of rupees everyday.



* Location: Arabian Seacoast of Maharashtra, India, South Asia
* Time Zone: 5:30 pm Indian Standard Time (IST) = noon Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
* Latitude and Longitude: 18°58'N, 72°50E
* Government: Municipal corporation