Chinchpokli

Coordinates: 18°59′N 72°50′E / 18.983°N 72.833°E / 18.983; 72.833
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Chinchpokli
Neighbourhood
Country
UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
400011
Area code022
Civic agencyBMC

Chinchpokli (

Mumbai suburban railway. Historical British era spellings include Chinchpugli and Chinchpooghly.[1] The neighbourhood is named after the Marathi words for tamarind (chinch) and betel nut (pofali).[2][3][4]

Chinchpokli stationboard
Chinchpokli station Banner

History

The Chinchpokli Railway station was opened in 1877.[5] There is a Jewish Cemetery, laid out by Elias David Sassoon in 1878, which lies parallel to the railway tracks.[6] In 1896, during the Bombay plague epidemic, the Chinchpokli Station was converted into medical transit place.[5] The Road bridge over the railway track, known as Arthur Bridge was built in 1915.[7] Kasturba Hospital run by Municipal Corporation is located in Chinchpokli West.[8][9] Opposite to this hospital lies the Mumbai Central Prison, also referred to as Arthur Road Jail. It was built in 1926.[10]

References

  1. ^ https://dsal.uchicago.edu/maps/gazetteer/images/gazetteer_V8_bc.jpg Map of Old mumbai, Published in Imperial gazetteer of India showing the name of the suburb as Chinchpugli
  2. ISBN 978-0-373-61566-7
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  3. ISBN 978-0-14-400159-0
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  4. ISBN 978-93-5214-074-9
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  5. ^ a b "Chinchpokli Station Banner". Wikimedia Commons. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Mumbai Secrets: Jewish film stars and holocaust victims remembered in a Chinchpokli cemetery". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. ^ "'Bridges to wealth' are in poor health". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Hospitals". www.prabodhan.org. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ Mustafa Plumber & Manish K Pathak (19 April 2011). "Time to free Mumbai of its overcrowded prison?". DNA India. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

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