About 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 Intentional 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.
Description about Mumbai can not be complete without the mention of
Bollywood, the biggest Indian film industry which churns out hundreds
of Hindi blockbusters every year. Mumbai is the glamour of Bollywood
cinema, cricket on the maidans on weekends, bhelpuri on the beach at
Chowpatty and red double-decker buses. It has vital streetlife,
India's best nightlife, and more bazaars than you could ever explore.
Most of the year, Mumbai's climate is warm and humid. Between November
and February, the skies are clear,and the temperature is cooler. From
March the temperature becomes warm and humid till mid June, the
beginning of monsoon. Monsoon ends by the end of September. October is
comparatively hot and humid.
Area: 440 sq km
Population: 18 million
Country: India
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +5.5
Telephone Area Code: 022