Bombay Photo Images[ Mumbai]

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English: Photograph of a street in Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra, by an unknown photographer, from an album of 40 prints taken in the 1860s. The view taken in the Bombay Fort area in the centre of the business district of Bombay looks along a street lined with commercial premises, including Favre Brothers (jewellers and watch-makers) and the Bombay Times and Standard office in foreground. Bombay, one of the key cities of India, is a major port, busy manufacturing centre and capital of Maharashtra. During British rule, it was the administrative capital of the Bombay Presidency. It extends over a peninsula jutting into the Arabian Sea on the west coast of India. Originally a collection of fishing villages of the Koli community built on seven islands, Bombay was by the 14th century controlled by the Gujarat Sultanate who ceded it to the Portuguese in the 16th century. In 1661 it was part of the dowry brought to Charles II of England when he married the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza. The British built up fortifications around Bombay harbour in the 17th century around the original Portuguese settlement. In the 1760s the fortifications were enhanced as the British were engaged in war with France in both Europe and India. By the 19th century the British had established control over India and the fort walls were torn down and the area converted into the central district of Bombay city.

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1860s

In 1850, the newspaper produced in Bombay's Fort area by what is now the Times office was The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. [1]

Shift to Daily Editions. Originally launched on November 3, 1838, as a twice-weekly paper published on Wednesdays and Saturdays, it transitioned into a daily newspaper in 1850. [1]
Editorial Leadership. During 1850, the publication was edited by Scottish journalist and scientist George Buist, who had taken over editorial duties in 1840. [1]
Renaming to The Times of India. Following a series of mergers with rival papers like the Bombay Standard and Bombay Telegraph & Courier, the publication was officially renamed The Times of India on September 28, 1861. [1]
Fort Office History. While the paper operated out of the Fort precinct in South Mumbai from its early days, its iconic heritage headquarters (the current Times of India Building opposite Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) was constructed later in 1902.

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Fact Slap 

Today in 1838, the newspaper that will become The Times of India publishes its first edition in Bombay, now Mumbai.

Originally called The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce, it appears twice a week, serving the British community and the city’s trading interests with news from India and overseas.

It becomes a daily in 1850 and adopts its familiar name in 1861 following mergers with other newspapers.

From its beginnings under East India Company rule, it will report on rebellion, independence, partition and the emergence of modern India, growing into one of the world’s most widely circulated English-language newspapers.