Bombay
About Bombay
Mumbai, also known as Bombay, is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India, with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, which is among the most populous metropolitan areas in the world with a population of over 23 million. Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires of any city in Asia.
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The first ever organised nudist movement was set up by just three people. They were Englishmen living in Bombay in 1890 and they disliked the dress codes of the British Raj, which were very hot. So they established a group called the Fellowship of the Naked Trust and they began to meet together in the nude.
from No Such Thing As Doing It Dinosaur-Style, 2015-02-27 at 00:09:16 · read transcript
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Did you guys say that David Sassoon invented a pickle? Did he? Yeah. Which Sassoon is this now? This is the original Sassoon who fled to Bombay. The Opium guy. Captain Opium, yeah, 1813. Just to give a little bit of, you know, also he founded a lot of hospitals, libraries, museums, orphanages and schools. When you got that sweet, sweet drug money rolling in, You're going to need to do some reputation laundry, aren't you?
No Such Thing As Siegfried Bassoon, 2025-05-08 · listen
Does this make any sense? Did you guys see that David Sassoon invented a pickle? Did he? Which Sassoon is this now? Sorry. This is the original Sassoon who fled to Bombay. The Opium guy. Captain Opium. 1830. Just to give a little bit of, you know, also he founded a lot of hospitals, libraries, museums, orphanages and schools. When you've got that sweet, sweet drug money rolling in, you're going to need to do some reputation laundry, aren't you?
582: No Such Thing As Siegfried Bassoon, 2025-05-08 · listen
There was this guy, Sheikh Sassoon Ben Sala, who was basically the treasurer to all the highest-ranking politicians in Baghdad. He was like the treasurer of Baghdad. Then Jews started being persecuted very badly in Iraq in the early 1800s. So the family fled and this guy called David Sassoon, his son, fled to Bombay with, I think he had something like 18 children. Something mad. 14. 14 children. Still quite a lot.
No Such Thing As Siegfried Bassoon, 2025-05-08 · listen
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