1899 Bombay mint, Great Britain Trade Dollar, Britannia, Silver Coin, Chop Punch

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1899 Bombay mint, Great Britain Trade Dollar, Britannia, Silver Coin, Chop PunchCirculated, see photos.The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 transformed Bombay into one of the largest seaports on the Arabian Sea . [104] In September 1896, Bombay was hit by a bubonic plague epidemic where the death toll was estimated at 1,900 people per week. [105] About 850,000 people fled Bombay and the textile industry was adversely affected. [106] As the capital of the Bombay Presidency , the city witnessed the Indian independence movement , with the Quit India Movement in 1942 and The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny in 1946 being its most notable events.