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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->how prevalent was dowry in england in year 1800-1900??<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There are references to dowry in Shakespeare. Dowry played a huge part in alliances and nation building efforts all across Europe. Mumbai and surrounding islands were in itself a dowry gift to Brits from Portuguese.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A hundred and twenty-eight years later the islands were given to the English King Charles II in dowry on his marriage to Portuguese Princess Catherine of Braganza in 1662<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> Mumbai history