What is the Bombay Presidency?
Q: What is the Bombay Presidency?
A: The Bombay Presidency was a former province of British India.
Q: How did the Bombay Presidency begin?
A: The Bombay Presidency began in the 17th century as trading posts of the British East India Company.
Q: What territories did the Bombay Presidency include at its greatest extent?
A: The Bombay Presidency included much of western and central India, as well as parts of Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula. At its greatest extent, it was made up of the present-day state of Gujarat, the western two-thirds of Maharashtra state, including the regions of Konkan, Desh, and Kandesh, and northwestern Karnataka state of India; It also included Pakistan's Sindh province and the British territory of Aden in Yemen.
Q: What did the Bombay Presidency consist of?
A: The Bombay Presidency consisted partly of districts, which were directly under British rule, and partly of native or princely states, which were ruled by local rulers under the administration of a governor.
Q: Who ruled the native or princely states in the Bombay Presidency?
A: The native or princely states in the Bombay Presidency were ruled by local rulers under the administration of a governor.
Q: What regions of Maharashtra state were included in the Bombay Presidency?
A: The western two-thirds of Maharashtra state, including the regions of Konkan, Desh, and Kandesh, were included in the Bombay Presidency.
Q: What other territories were included in the Bombay Presidency?
A: The Bombay Presidency also included much of western and central India, parts of Pakistan, and the British territory of Aden in Yemen.
