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Russia`s pres Medvedev arrives in Mumbai to visit Bollywood.
MUMBAI, December 22 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
arrived in India's largest megapolis, Mumbai, Wednesday afternoon.
The agenda of his trip to the city that is home to some 18 million
people includes a visit to the Indian Institute of Technology, set up in
1958 with the former Soviet Union's assistance, and Bollywood, a chain of
film shooting studios, the history of which goes back to 1911.
Mumbai, founded by the Portuguese in the 17th century, had the
official name of Bombay until 1996. It is India's economic and financial
capital.
Its historical part is located on seven islands that would be
connected with one another by direct passages only during the ebb tide.
In 1661, the largest of the seven islands went over to the English as
a dowry of the Portuguese Infanta Catherine Braganza, who married Charles
II of England to become Queen Consort.
Some four years later, England came to possessing all the seven
islands and leased them to the East India Trading Company for the
development of cotton plantations in 1668.
The English colonial authorities linked the islands between themselves
in 1830, and the city took practically its today's shape.
The Indian Institute of Technology is one of the largest research and
educational institutions in India. It has on its staff about 450
researchers and provides postgraduate tuition to 2,500 doctoral students.
The institute offers tuition to 2,300 students all in all. It occupied the
47th position in the global rating of national research and educational
organizations in the field of machine-building and information
technologies in the first decade of this century.
Bollywood, which naturally takes its name from Bombay and Hollywood,
does not have a common territory. It only resembles Hollywood's structure.
Production of movies in India began in 1913, and by the end 1930's the
Indian movie industry would produce some 300 films a year.
It came to full prosperity after India gained independence in 1947.
The advent of colour film gave a new boost to Indian cinema as added more
colourful enigma to the movies.
India occupies a record first position in the world in terms of the
movies produced a year. For instance, Bollywood produced 948 movies in
1990 and Hollywood, a mere 500 movies.
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arrived in India's largest megapolis, Mumbai, Wednesday afternoon.
The agenda of his trip to the city that is home to some 18 million
people includes a visit to the Indian Institute of Technology, set up in
1958 with the former Soviet Union's assistance, and Bollywood, a chain of
film shooting studios, the history of which goes back to 1911.
Mumbai, founded by the Portuguese in the 17th century, had the
official name of Bombay until 1996. It is India's economic and financial
capital.
Its historical part is located on seven islands that would be
connected with one another by direct passages only during the ebb tide.
In 1661, the largest of the seven islands went over to the English as
a dowry of the Portuguese Infanta Catherine Braganza, who married Charles
II of England to become Queen Consort.
Some four years later, England came to possessing all the seven
islands and leased them to the East India Trading Company for the
development of cotton plantations in 1668.
The English colonial authorities linked the islands between themselves
in 1830, and the city took practically its today's shape.
The Indian Institute of Technology is one of the largest research and
educational institutions in India. It has on its staff about 450
researchers and provides postgraduate tuition to 2,500 doctoral students.
The institute offers tuition to 2,300 students all in all. It occupied the
47th position in the global rating of national research and educational
organizations in the field of machine-building and information
technologies in the first decade of this century.
Bollywood, which naturally takes its name from Bombay and Hollywood,
does not have a common territory. It only resembles Hollywood's structure.
Production of movies in India began in 1913, and by the end 1930's the
Indian movie industry would produce some 300 films a year.
It came to full prosperity after India gained independence in 1947.
The advent of colour film gave a new boost to Indian cinema as added more
colourful enigma to the movies.
India occupies a record first position in the world in terms of the
movies produced a year. For instance, Bollywood produced 948 movies in
1990 and Hollywood, a mere 500 movies.
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