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MUMBAI (मुंबई, Bombay)

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

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The colonial arms

Official blazon

Arms: Azure, three ships under sail lateen, rigged proper; a chief Or, thereon a lion passant guardant Gules between two pallets Sable, each charged with an ostrich-feather erect Argent.
Crest: Upon a wreath of the colours, a lion passant guardant Gules, crowned with an eastern crown Or, supporting with dexter paw an escutcheon Or, charged with a sprig of the cotton-tree, slipped and fructed proper.
Supporters: On the dexter a lion Or, and on the sinister a leopard proper, each gorged with an eastern crown, and pendant therefrom an escutcheon Azure, charged with a mullet Argent.
Motto: urbs prima in indis. (The First City in India).

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 20, 1877, the supporters on October 2 of the same year. Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.

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