I hail from Mumbai. Its the capital of Maharashtra and financial and entertainment capital of India. It is a Metropolitical city. It was earlier called Bombay. But later it was renamed Mumbai after the local deity Mumba Devi. The land of Mumbai was reclaimed by the British by add soil to water. Mumbai first consisted of 7 islands namely Mahim,Colaba,Old womans island,parel,worli,mazgaon,The isle of bombay.
It is one of the most populated city in India and 5th most populated city in World.Mumbai is home to important financial institutions such as the Reserve Bank of India , the Bombay Stock Exchange , the National Stock Exchange of India , the SEBI and the corporate headquarters of numerous Indian companies and multinational corporations . It houses some of India's premier scientific and nuclear institutes like BARC , NPCL , IREL , TIFR , AERB , AECI , and the Department of Atomic Energy .
It also has homes of many Bollywood and Marathi cinema actors as well. It is said that Mumbai never sleeps. The world famous siddhivinayak temple,haji ali dargah are in Mumbai. Even the st.michaels church is oldest church in Mumbai.
The worlds largest slum Dharavi is also found here. Then there is Jawaharlal Nehru port which harbour 60 % cargo..
Mumbai is also a favourite among terrorists

. The Borivali National Park is only sanctuary in the world which is in city limits.
I can go on and on about Mumbai but it would require many posts. If you have any queries just ask me

JAI HIND ! JAI MAHARASHTRA ! HAIL MUMBAI !