Description : Give four reasons for the expansion of Bombay’s population in the nineteenth century. -SST 10th
Last Answer : Four reasons for Bombay's expansion : (i) When Bombay became the capital of Bombay Presidency in 1819, the city expanded. With the growth of trade in cotton and opium, large communities of traders, bankers, ... of India and its population expanded from 644, 405 on 1572 to nearly, 1,500,000 in 1941.