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Characteristically, the WSJ and the NYT include coverage of an easily overlooked aspect of the world's tensest nuclear crisis since the end of the Cold War--its impact on the Bombay, New Delhi, and Madras stock markets.
The Company destroyed the Portuguese fleet and took over the protection of the Muslim pilgrimage ships to Mecca, but there were no hard feelings; the Portuguese made a gift of Bombay to King Charles II in 1661 as part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza.
She took with her to England the custom of drinking afternoon tea, and control of Bombay, thus beginning England’s interest in India.
The crude venom of Mesobuthus tamulus was purchased from Haffkine Institute (Bombay, India).
Similarly, Bombay furniture (a style combining European forms with Indian ornamentation) provided the metonymic euphemism The Bombay; the Oxford English Dictionary tells us that the name is possibly attributable to the Bombay chair , wherein chamberpots were placed, as it was common in the past to have one's chamberpot concealed in a piece of furniture, which could then be proudly displayed.