![]() ![]() ![]() A causeway now called Colaba Causeway joined the island of Colaba to Bombay in 1838 and the Causeway connecting Mahim and Bandra was completed in 1845. In 1803 Bombay was connected with Salsette by a causeway at Sion. The British embarked upon large-scale reclamations and engineering works to consolidate the seven islands. It was the British who developed it into a centre of commerce to rival any other centres in the country then. The Kolis used to call the islands “Mumba” after Mumbadevi. The British corrupted the Portuguese name “Bom Baia” to “Bombay”. Francis Almeida sailed into this harbour and called it as Bom Bahia or the Good Bay. ![]() Mumbai acquired its port importance only with the advent of the Portuguese in 1508. The story of dredging is best understood by a sequential study of maps over the last two to three centuries accompanied by cross sectional profiles ![]()
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