Mumbai Port (MbPT) lies midway (18°56.3′N 72°45.9′E / 18.9383°N 72.765°E / 18.9383; 72.765) on the western shore of Mumbai Harbour. The port was the pre-eminent commercial port of India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is known as the gateway to India, and has been a primary factor in the emergence of Mumbai as the commercial capital of India.
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