Mention any three factors which promoted migration to Bombay or presently. Mumbai. -SST 10th

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(i) Bombay now Mumbai; was the hub of trade in opium and cotton. (ii) Bombay (now Mumbai) was also at the junction head of two major railways. The railways encouraged a large number o! people to migrate into the city. (iii)The establishment of textile mills.

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