Charles II - Receives Bombay as Marriage Dowry
Charles II, of Britain, received most (but not all) of the territory comprising today's Mumbai as marriage dowry when he wed Catherine of Braganza, a princess of Portugal.
CreditsImage, online courtesy U.K. National Archives.
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