Bandra
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suburb, region, taluka headquarter, district headquarter
Tehsil Bandra, District Mumbai Suburban(Bandra), Maharashtra.
www.bandra-mumbai.com/
History of Bandra
Legend has it that the name Bandra comes from the Marathi word Bandar meaning port. The name is derived from "Bandar" or "Bhandara", which is Indo-Persian for "Wharves" or "Docks", and has evolved from the Portuguese "Bandora". The East Indians of Bandra largely inhabited pockets called "Gaothans" that were originally village-hamlets. The more famous of these are: Chimbai, Ranwar, Pali, Sherli, Rajan, Chuim, Mala, Koliwada, etc.
In 1543, the Portuguese took possession of the island of Bombay by force. The Portuguese gave the Jesuit priests the sole ownership of Bandra, Parel, Wadala and Sion. In 1570 the Jesuits built a college and a church in Bandra, which was called St Anne's College. In the mid-18th century, the traveler John Fryer records that the Jesuit church, which stood near the seashore, was still in use. The Portuguese built several churches in Bandra, including the famous St. Andrew's Church, which has the distinctive Portuguese-style facade. Bandra has the unique distinction of having the most churches anywhere in the world- 5 Churches and also a Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount.
In 1733 when the Kunbi farmers migrated to this island from Bombay, because the fish manure they used was banned, they found St. Andrew's church (still extant), St. Stanislaus's Orphanage and a monastery of St. Anne. After this was destroyed in a Maratha raid in the year 1737, when the Portuguese troops were aided by the English, a slaughter house was built on the same spot.
There was also a chapel of Mount Mary, build around 1640. Local tradition has it that this was destroyed in 1738 during a Maratha raid. The statue of the virgin was recovered from the sea by fishermen and temporarily installed in St. Andrews, before being shifted to the rebuilt Mount Mary in 1761.
Bandra remained a village with plantations of rice and vegetables in the low-lying areas of the island until it was connected to Mahim by a causeway in 1845. Although many bungalows were built here in the boom years of the 1860's and 70's, the fashionable Pali Hill area, now full of film stars, saw the first constructions only in the 1880's.
R D National College was originally set up in 1922 in Hyderabad (Pakistan) under the guidance of Dr. Annie Besant. After the partition of India, it was set up again, in 1949, in Bandra.
Bandra, formerly an independent city located on the former island of Bandra, now a part of Salsette Island, was merged in the early 1950s into the City of Bombay. The first urbanized area of Salsette, and largely made up of bunglows / cottages of the rich, it was called the Queen of the Suburbs. However, the decades since its merger with Bombay, has seen a substantial change in its demographics and it has also become congested.
Bandra had one of the largest Catholic populations in Mumbai. It is famous for its churches, especially Mount Mary's basilica.
Bandra (West) became one of the most fashionable suburbs already by the middle of the century. Over the years, Bandra has also gained the title of the "Restaurant Suburb of Mumbai". More restaurants open and close in Bandra every few months than any other location in Mumbai.
Bandra (East) is the capital of Bombay suburban district, and is regarded as a commercial area, consisting of the Bandra-Kurla Commercial Complex. However it is completely overshadowed by its neighboring city district with regards to government departments. The most prominent office is the suburban collector's office.
East Bandra is the site of a large layout of government quarters in Bombay, called Government Servant's Colony; other landmarks are the MIG (Middle Income Group) Colony along with the MIG Colony Club; the Kala Nagar layout housing artists and also where the notorious Hitlerite Bal Thackeray lives; Kher Nagar, etc. Other landmarks / important places are governemt offices such as the MHADA HQ, Bombay Suburban District Collector's office, Bandra Court Complex, MSEB HQ at "Prakashgad", State Women's Commission, Registrar of Marriages, etc.
Time and again, this marker has been vandalized by being renamed "Wandre", etc. The Marathi call Bandra "Wandra" or "Vandre", but this is not the original name, as the name is derived from "Bandar", or "wharves", and although the Marathi pretend to be the native of the Konkan, which here includes Bombay, it is the Konkani, not the Marathi, who are the natives, a fact that is further strongly underlined by the Marathi people's ignorance of the origin of Bandra's name.
Bandra is locations of district headquarter of Mumbai Suburban district of Maharashtra.
www.bandra-mumbai.com/
History of Bandra
Legend has it that the name Bandra comes from the Marathi word Bandar meaning port. The name is derived from "Bandar" or "Bhandara", which is Indo-Persian for "Wharves" or "Docks", and has evolved from the Portuguese "Bandora". The East Indians of Bandra largely inhabited pockets called "Gaothans" that were originally village-hamlets. The more famous of these are: Chimbai, Ranwar, Pali, Sherli, Rajan, Chuim, Mala, Koliwada, etc.
In 1543, the Portuguese took possession of the island of Bombay by force. The Portuguese gave the Jesuit priests the sole ownership of Bandra, Parel, Wadala and Sion. In 1570 the Jesuits built a college and a church in Bandra, which was called St Anne's College. In the mid-18th century, the traveler John Fryer records that the Jesuit church, which stood near the seashore, was still in use. The Portuguese built several churches in Bandra, including the famous St. Andrew's Church, which has the distinctive Portuguese-style facade. Bandra has the unique distinction of having the most churches anywhere in the world- 5 Churches and also a Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount.
In 1733 when the Kunbi farmers migrated to this island from Bombay, because the fish manure they used was banned, they found St. Andrew's church (still extant), St. Stanislaus's Orphanage and a monastery of St. Anne. After this was destroyed in a Maratha raid in the year 1737, when the Portuguese troops were aided by the English, a slaughter house was built on the same spot.
There was also a chapel of Mount Mary, build around 1640. Local tradition has it that this was destroyed in 1738 during a Maratha raid. The statue of the virgin was recovered from the sea by fishermen and temporarily installed in St. Andrews, before being shifted to the rebuilt Mount Mary in 1761.
Bandra remained a village with plantations of rice and vegetables in the low-lying areas of the island until it was connected to Mahim by a causeway in 1845. Although many bungalows were built here in the boom years of the 1860's and 70's, the fashionable Pali Hill area, now full of film stars, saw the first constructions only in the 1880's.
R D National College was originally set up in 1922 in Hyderabad (Pakistan) under the guidance of Dr. Annie Besant. After the partition of India, it was set up again, in 1949, in Bandra.
Bandra, formerly an independent city located on the former island of Bandra, now a part of Salsette Island, was merged in the early 1950s into the City of Bombay. The first urbanized area of Salsette, and largely made up of bunglows / cottages of the rich, it was called the Queen of the Suburbs. However, the decades since its merger with Bombay, has seen a substantial change in its demographics and it has also become congested.
Bandra had one of the largest Catholic populations in Mumbai. It is famous for its churches, especially Mount Mary's basilica.
Bandra (West) became one of the most fashionable suburbs already by the middle of the century. Over the years, Bandra has also gained the title of the "Restaurant Suburb of Mumbai". More restaurants open and close in Bandra every few months than any other location in Mumbai.
Bandra (East) is the capital of Bombay suburban district, and is regarded as a commercial area, consisting of the Bandra-Kurla Commercial Complex. However it is completely overshadowed by its neighboring city district with regards to government departments. The most prominent office is the suburban collector's office.
East Bandra is the site of a large layout of government quarters in Bombay, called Government Servant's Colony; other landmarks are the MIG (Middle Income Group) Colony along with the MIG Colony Club; the Kala Nagar layout housing artists and also where the notorious Hitlerite Bal Thackeray lives; Kher Nagar, etc. Other landmarks / important places are governemt offices such as the MHADA HQ, Bombay Suburban District Collector's office, Bandra Court Complex, MSEB HQ at "Prakashgad", State Women's Commission, Registrar of Marriages, etc.
Time and again, this marker has been vandalized by being renamed "Wandre", etc. The Marathi call Bandra "Wandra" or "Vandre", but this is not the original name, as the name is derived from "Bandar", or "wharves", and although the Marathi pretend to be the native of the Konkan, which here includes Bombay, it is the Konkani, not the Marathi, who are the natives, a fact that is further strongly underlined by the Marathi people's ignorance of the origin of Bandra's name.
Bandra is locations of district headquarter of Mumbai Suburban district of Maharashtra.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandra
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Coordinates: 19°3'23"N 72°50'14"E
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