(i) In the seventeenth century. Bombay (Mumbai) was a group of seven islands under the Portuguese control. In 1661. the control of the islands passed into the British hands after the marriage of Britain’s King Charles II t the Portuguese princess. (ii) (a) It was an overcrowded city where a person hod only about 9.5 square yard of space, whereas it was around 155 square yard per person in London. (b) The city did not grow according to a plan, whereas London grew according to a plan.