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To-do list for History of Mumbai:

100 years on, Mumbai then and now - Can be a good reference point [1]
Siddhi influence: Sewri Fort, also check out the forts in Mumbai
~~Parsee-Muslim riots (1851, 1857, 1874, 1921) [2]~~
~~Mumbai plague epidemic~~
~~Bombay City Improvement Trust~~
Bhikaji Behram well built in 1725 near Churchgate
Expand on the role of Jews in the 19th century
Expand on Afghan population (money lenders) and relation with gangsters in the 1960s and 1970s
~~Bombay Time~~
Guns of Angre [3]
~~First printing press was set up 1670. More in Gerald Aungier~~
~~Bombay Dockyard -- for the traditional shipbuilding economy in the 17th to 19th centuries~~
~~Book of Bombay -- Nice source but limited preview~~
Salsette-Trombay Railway, Colaba Railways Station, Ballard Pier Railway station (defunct now)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11399/11399-8.txt -- 17c Mumbai
Tons of information available on Project Gutenburg. Do restrict the domain to Gutenberg.com
Nuggets of information
~~Dog riots in 1832, when the Parsee community led the city to a standstill~~
Images for the article can be sourced from commons:
history of the city from BEST article
http://www.rediff.com/news/jul/15fort.htm -- on the fort
http://www.bombaytribes.blogspot.com/ Aboriginal Natives of Bombay
http://www.deccanherald.com/CONTENT/Oct72007/finearts2007100629107.asp Fort
~~http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1167800 Iranians~~
Armenians
~~[4],M1 Siddi 1672 attack etc.~~
~~More on Siddhis: [5]~~
Kanhoji Angre
~~Siddhi 3: http://books.google.co.in/books?id=hciTRYbE27gC&pg=PA151&dq=yakut+khan+siddi&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U3uDFFdLvj23DfP_bUB8u2p_ZyhsA#PPA151,M1~~
~~British subject to Maratha taxes~~

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