Chinchpokli

Chinchpokli

Chinchpokli

Neighbourhood in Mumbai City, Maharashtra, India

Chinchpokli (Marathi: चिंचपोकळी) is a neighbourhood in South Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Central line of the 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

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History

The Chinchpokli Railway station was opened on 9th December 1867.[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.[7] The Road bridge over the railway track, known as Arthur Bridge was built in 1915.[8] Kasturba Hospital run by Municipal Corporation is located in Chinchpokli West.[9][10] Opposite to this hospital lies the Mumbai Central Prison, also referred to as Arthur Road Jail. It was built in 1926.[11]

References

  1. [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
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    Virani, Pinki (1 March 2001). Once Was Bombay. Penguin Books Limited. p. 41. ISBN 978-93-5214-074-9.
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    "[IRFCA] CR Mumbai Timeline of Suburban Stations". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
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    "Mumbai Secrets: Jewish film stars and holocaust victims remembered in a Chinchpokli cemetery". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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    "Chinchpokli Station Banner". Wikimedia Commons. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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    "'Bridges to wealth' are in poor health". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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    "Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Hospitals". www.prabodhan.org. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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    "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)
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    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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