Mumbai

Bombay become Mumbai in 1995. That year, the right-wing Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena won elections in the state of Maharashtra. After the election, the party announced that the city had been renamed after the Hindu goddess Mumbadevi. Federal agencies, local businesses, and newspapers were ordered to adopt the change. Shiv Sena's leadership pushed for the name change for many years before1995. They argued that "Bombay" was a corrupted English version of "Mumbai" and an unwanted legacy of Britis...