A cyclone in the Arabian Sea causes…

June 1882 CE

A cyclone in the Arabian Sea causes flooding in Bombay harbor on June 6, 1882, leaving about one hundred thousand dead.

The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 has transformed Bombay into one of the largest seaports on the Arabian Sea.

 

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Colonization of Asia, British View →

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