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The sights are endless: the Hindu gopuram tower-gates of the south, the temples of Varanasi (Benares), the cave monasteries of Ajanta and Ellora, the beautiful and erotic sculptures of Khajuraho, the splendid marble palaces, fortresses, and mausoleums of the emperors and maharajas in Delhi, Agra, and Rajasthan, the colonial government buildings in New Delhi, or the unusual style of the Gothic-Oriental railway station in Mumbai (known until 1995 as Bombay).
Does Bombay alloo come from Bombay?
"[A]s the exuberant response of the Bombay stock market showed yesterday, there are some grounds for hoping that the new administration may enjoy a longer life than its predecessors.
Arriving in 1608, the British took five years to get their foot in the Indian door, at the western port of Surat, north of Bombay.
Recreations of a Bombay street and Arab souk, among other locales, bring home the reality of life in these very different societies.