The
Bombay Presidency, also known as the
Bombay Province and
Bombay and Sind from 1843 to 1936, was an
administrative subdivision (presidency) of
British India. Headquartered in the city of
Bombay, at its greatest extent, the presidency included the
Konkan,
Nashik and
Pune divisions of present-day Indian
State of
Maharashtra,
Ahmadabad,
Anand,
Bharuch,
Gandhinagar,
Kheda,
Panchmahal and
Surat districts of present-day
Gujarat state,
Bagalkot,
Belagavi,
Bijapur,
Dharwad,
Gadag,
Haveri and
Uttara Kannada districts of present-day
Karnataka, the
Sindh province of present-day
Pakistan and the
Aden colony which presently forms part of
Yemen.