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The History of Mumbai, can be traced back to 600 BC, when evidences of the first known settlement, here have been discovered. ==up to 18th century== * 600 BC — First known permanent settlement were the Marathi speaking Koli community. * 300 BC — Part of Ashokas Empire. * 900 to 1300 — part of Hindu Silhara dynasty. * 1343 — Part of the Gujarat sultanate. * 1431 – Haji Ali Dargah built. * 1508 — Francisco de Almeida sailed into the deep natural harbour. * 1534 — Mumbai ceded to the Portuguese. * 1661 — Portuguese Princess Catherine of Braganza brings Bom Bahia to King Charles II of England as part of her marriage dowry. * 1668/1669 — British East India Company leased the seven islands of Mumbai from Charles II * 1670 — First printing press imported to Mumbai by Parsi businessman Bhimjee Parikh * 1672 — Consecration of the first Tower of Silence and first Fire temple (Hirji Vachha Agiary, now defunct) * 1675 — Population estimated to have risen to 60,000 from 10,000 in 1661. * 1675 — The Mumba Devi temple built near the main landing site on the former Bori Bunder creek or inlet, against the north wall of the English Fort Saint George. * 1709 — First attested private Parsi ''Adaran'' (in the home of Banaji Limji). Continues to be the oldest continuously-burning Zoroastrian fire in Mumbai (now in the Limji Agiary, Fort). * 1735 — Start of shipbuilding industry (Wadia docks, Duncan docks) * 1750 — Asia's first dry dock built by Lovji Wadia in Mumbai * 1777 — First newspaper published in Mumbai by Rustom Kersaspjere 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timeline of Mumbai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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