Making Of Mumbai - A History Of The Metropolis and Its Catholic Pas

By : Fr Benny Aguiar
• The Making of Mumbai” is a concise and succinctly well-written book by Msgr. Benny Aguiar. It encompasses Pre-Portuguese, Portuguese, the Maratha and the British period.
• For six decades the Marathas whose capital was first Raigad, then Poona, ruled over the neighbouring islands of Salsette and Bassein till the British took them over from Raghoba by the treaty of Surat in Nov, 1775.
• For over a thousand years Bombay was an insignificant island off the Western coast of India when places like Kalyan, Sopara and Thane were flourishing centres with their own kingdoms.
• This book also brings out the Catholic past of Bombay. In the 1700’s a conflict within the Portuguese rulers of Bombay caused a deep division in the Catholic community. This arose between Padroadists and Propagandists.