Kurla (Pronunciation: uɾlaː is a neighbourhood of East

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, India. It is the headquarters of the Kurla

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. The neighbourhood is named after the

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East Indian village that it grew out of. It falls under Zone 5, Ward 'L' of the

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. Its

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, spelt as ''Coorla'' until 1890, is one of the busiest on the

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on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai as is the

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (also known by its former name Kurla Terminus, station code: LTT) is a railhead and a major railway terminus in the Kurla suburb of Mumbai, India. LTT is managed by the Central Railway. The and suburban railway statio ...

(LTT) for out-station passenger/express trains.

History

Kurla gets its name from the East Indian village of Kurla, whose name, in turn, originated from "Kurli", the local name for crab, as these were found in plenty in marshes in the vicinity of the village. The village of Kurla came under Portuguese rule when the

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was signed by Sultan Bahadur of Gujarat and the

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on 23 December 1534. In 1548, the village of Kurla and six other villages were given by the Governor of

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as a reward for his military services. Kurla remained under Portuguese rule until the British occupied

Salsette Island Salsette Island is an island in Konkan division of the state of Maharashtra on India's west coast. Administratively known as Greater Mumbai, the city district of Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, Mira Bhayander and a portion of Thane lie withi ...

in 1774. The island was formally ceded to the East India Company in the 1782

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. In 1805, Kurla was connected to

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on Bombay Island by the

Sion Causeway Sion Causeway (also known as Duncan Causeway) is a major causeway in Bombay, India which connects Sion in Bombay with Kurla in Salsette. The construction of the causeway began in 1798 and was completed in 1805 by Jonathan Duncan, Governor of ...

. Coorla, as it was spelt during the

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until 1890, was a major station on the

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between Bombay and Thane, the first railway line in

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when it opened in 1853. In 1808, Kurla, along with the villages of Mohili, Kolekalyan,

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, Asalphe, and Parjapur, were given by the British to a

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merchant of Bombay, Mr. Hormasji Bamanji Wadia in exchange for a piece of land near the Apollo pier gate in Bombay. His Son, Mr. Ardeshir Hormasji Wadia, after whom the A. H. Wadia Road was named, paid for them a yearly

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of £358 (Rs. 3587). Kurla had two

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s, one of them, the Dharamsi Punjabhai, being the largest cotton spinning and weaving mill in the

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, with 92,094 spindles and 1280 looms. The other was the Kurla Spinning and Weaving Mill. Kurla village had a population of 9,715 at that time. About half of them worked in the mills, while the rest were fishermen,

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(farmers) and salt-makers. The Holy Cross Church at Kurla, built during the Portuguese rule and rebuilt in 1848, is one of the oldest churches in Mumbai. The Mithibai Hormasji Wadia Dispensary was built by Mr. Bamanji Hormasji Wadia in 1855, and endowed by him with £1200 (Rs. 12,000). It was in charge of an assistant surgeon, and, in 1880–81, had an attendance of 7367 out-patients. The salt pans covered an area of about and yielded a yearly revenue of £3418 (Rs. 34,180). There was also a considerable manufacture of shell lime. The Stone quarries of Kurla were well known and supplied material for the construction of most of the city's famous heritage buildings like the

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, and the

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among others. The beginning of the twentieth century saw Kurla develop as an important centre of the mill industry. In 1910, there were reported to be several mills in Kurla, engaged in the manufacturing of cotton cloth and woollen cloth in steam factories. Kurla, however, was an old textile industrial core, an outlier to the main cotton mill zone. A relatively cheaper land value and nearness to water and power mains enabled rapid industrial expansion of the suburbs and the Kurla-

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belt soon developed into the largest industrial zone in the suburbs of Mumbai. The Central Railway began its Harbour Line services from Kurla to

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station on 12 December 1910. This service was extended to

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Terminus in 1925. The Kurla Railway Car-shed was constructed in 1925 when electrification of the

(GIPR) Harbour line was undertaken. The first electric train in Asia that ran between CST and Coorla on 3 February 1925 was maintained at this car shed. The

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, also known as the Central Salsette Tramway, opened in 1928. The 13-kilometre line, a project of the

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run by the GIPR, ran from Trombay to Andheri via Kurla and lasted only a few years.

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built their first automobile assembly plant in Kurla in 1946 and began production in March 1947, collaborating with American automobile manufacturer

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to manufacture

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and Desoto models in India. The iconic

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car was also built at Kurla from 1964 until the plant closed down in 1997. This resulted in the development of the old Kurla neighbourhood into an automobile industrial zone during the late fifties and sixties. The Bombay Taximen Union began building the Taximen Colony close to the Mithi river in Kurla in 1969. It was inaugurated by union leader

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in 1972. The Bombay Taximen Cooperative housing society is Mumbai's second largest

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. The Dairy Development Department of the State Government, in order to cope-up with the increasing demand for milk, established a dairy at Nehru nagar, Kurla (East) in 1975.

Geography

Kurla lies on the southern end of

along the east bank of the

Mithi River The Mithi River (Pronunciation: iʈʰiː is a river on Salsette Island, the island of the city of Mumbai, India. It is a confluence of tail-water discharges of the Powai and Vihar lakes. The river is seasonal and rises during the monsoons. ...

. Kurla may be divided into two parts: Kurla (East) and Kurla (West), separated by the Central Railway line. Kurla East is bordered by the suburban neighbourhoods of

Chunabhatti Chunabhatti is a suburb of Mumbai and a part of Sion, Mumbai. It is located on the Eastern Express Highway. It is served by Chunabhatti railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. Chunabhatti (Chuna - lime, bhatti - k ...

in the south,

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in the East and

in the North. Kurla West is surrounded by Ghatkopar and

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neighbourhood of

Andheri Andheri ( �n̪d̪ʱeɾiː is a locality in the western part of the city of Mumbai in India. Udayanagari, the name of a hill near the Mahakali caves, inspired the name Andheri. On the former islet of Versova, also known as Vasave, there was ano ...

East to its North,

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and the

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to its West and the

–

Dharavi Dharavi is a locality in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, considered to be one of the world's largest slums. Dharavi has an area of just over and a population of about 1,000,000. With a population density of over , Dharavi is one of the most dens ...

area to its south across the

Mahim Creek Mahim Creek (locally known as ''Bandra ki Khadi'') is a creek in Mumbai, India. The Mithi River drains into the creek which drains into the Mahim Bay. The creek forms the boundary between the city and suburbs. The creek is swamped by mangroves a ...

. The Mithi River enters into Kurla's north-west corner near Sakinaka, running south along the

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boundary wall and the Bail Bazar locality, past the CST road and Taximen colony areas and empties into the Mahim Creek at the southern end of Kurla.

Administration

Kurla is the headquarters of the Kurla

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. The taluka was carved out of South Salsette Taluka in 1920. It covers an area of 135 square kilometres, covering a total of 29 villages in two circles. This taluka occupies the east side of the district and is bordered by the Bandra taluka in the West, the

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to the northwest, the

Thane District Thane district (Pronunciation: �ʰaːɳe previously named Taana or Thana) is a district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India. At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the country, with 11,060,148 inhabitants; however, i ...

in the north, the

Thane Creek Thane Creek (or Thana Creek) is an inlet in the shoreline of the Arabian Sea that isolates the city of Mumbai (Bombay) from the Konkan region of the Indian mainland. It comprises the area between Mumbra Retibunder and the Mankhurd-Vashi Bridg ...

to the east, and

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to the south. The entire suburb falls under Zone 5, Ward 'L' of the

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. The Ward municipal offices are located in the Municipal market building on S. G.Barve Road. Residents of Kurla come under the

Kurla (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Kurla Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency presently, after delimitation of Legislative Assembly constituencies in 2008, is reserved for the candidates belon ...

(Number 174). The number of electorates in 2009 was 284,951 (male 161,459, female 123,492).

Localities

Kurla displays an urban blend of residential colonies, big and small, industrial estates commercial enclaves and slums. The L-Ward has the highest number of public open spaces subject to encroachment in the city with 80 of its 139 open spaces being encroached upon.

Old Kurla

Villagers cross at Kurla Christian village

The earliest settlements in Kurla were in this area in the northern end of Kurla West. It consists of the Kurla Christian Village, an East Indian pocket of Christians who stem from Portuguese and Koli traditions, and the adjoining predominantly Christian Hall Village and Culbavour.

Kohinoor city

Kohinoor city is an integrated township in Kurla west, comprising about 900,000 sq ft of commercial space and about 300,000 sq ft for retail, residential, hospitality and education. promoted by Kohinoor Group founded by

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. The site was formerly a motorcar manufacturing company called

which used to manufacture its famous Padmini car here. The factory was closed and the Joshis bought 36-acres from Premier Automobiles in 2005. The neighbouring Premier residency buildings by

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and the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) buildings were built on land previously owned by

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Transport

Kurla is accessible from all parts of Mumbai by road and rail due to its central location.

Roads

The

Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, commonly known by its abbreviation LBS Marg, is a 21 km long, major arterial road connecting the neighbouring city of Thane with Sion in Mumbai. It passes through heavily populated areas of the Eastern Suburbs in ...

(formerly known as Old Agra Road) is the arterial road for Kurla West. The road begins at the southern end of

, passing through Kurla and continuing up north into

towards

Thane Thane (; also known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city in Maharashtra, India. It is situated in the north-eastern portion of the Salsette Island. Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven talukas ...

. The Andheri – Kurla road links Kurla with

via

, The road is notorious for its long traffic jams. while CST road (

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Road) leads to Santacruz. The Kurla Depot Junction is one of LBS marg's busiest junctions, with one arm proceeding towards the Western Express Highway and the other leading to the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road flyover. The 6.45 kilometre long Santa Cruz – Chembur link road was opened in April 2014. It connects the east and west sides of Kurla via a Road over bridge (ROB) over the Central railway line, which is also the city's first double-decker flyover The road finally connects to the

Eastern Express Highway The Eastern Express Highway, abbreviated to EEH, is a city express highway serving the cities of Mumbai and Thane. It is one of the busiest and most important roads in the Mumbai Metropolitan Area and is a part of the National Highway 48. It ...

at the Amar mahal junction. The Eastern Express Highway is the main thoroughfare for Kurla East. It runs from

in the south to

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in the North.

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buses travel from Kurla to all areas of Mumbai. The Kurla BEST Depot on the west suffered serious damage during the

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and has since been shut for redevelopment. Buses from this depot used to cater to Mumbai University (Kalina Campus),

and

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buses ply from their depot at Nehru Nagar in the East to major towns in the State.

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s and taxis are also available.

Railways

Kurla railway station Kurla (formerly Coorla, station code: C) is a railway station on the Central and Harbour lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is among the oldest railway stations in India, it being part of the original 21 mile (33.8 km) Great ...

is a junction of the Central Railway Suburban line and the

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, formerly known as Kurla Terminus, is situated in the East. It was inaugurated in the 1980s and renovated in 2013. The Terminus handles several

Central Railway Zone Central Railway (abbreviated CR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. Its headquarters is in Mumbai at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. It has the distinction of operating the first passenger railway line in India, which opened from ...

outstation trains every day.

Entertainment

's one of the largest malls, Phoenix Market City (Mumbai) is situated on L.B.S. Marg, Kurla (West). Kurla has 3 multiscreen Cinema Halls housing: * 8-screen PVR Cinema in Phoenix Market City, Phoenix Mall, L.B.S. Marg, Kurla (West) * 3-screen complex (Kamran, Kalpana and King's Talkies), L.B.S. Marg, Kurla (West) ( Now closed & converted into an Banquet Hall) * 2-screen Bharat Cineplex (previously known as Bharat Talkies), New Mill Road, Kurla (West) And 2 single-screen Cinema Halls: * Akash Talkies, Akash Talkies Lane, Kurla (West) * Sheetal Talkies, L.B.S. Marg, Kurla (West) (closed & converted into an commercial and residential complex) * New Model Talkies (now demolished).

Education

Kurla has one engineering college, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, and several schools, including:-. * Holy Cross High School * Orchid International School, S.G. Barve Marg, Kurla (West) * Kohinoor International School, Kirol Road, Kurla (West) * Shree Gujarati Samaj Vidyalaya, New Mill Road, Kurla (West) * Karthika High School & Junior College * St. Joseph High School * Michael High School, Kurla * Anjuman Islam High School, S.G. Barve Marg, Kurla (West) * Mumbai Utkal English High School * Swami Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Kurla (East) * Vivek english high school (East)

Notable people

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, Indian cricketer, playing in

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* Shaikh Shamim Ahmed, MLA, Indian politician and Senior Congress leader *

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, Indian football player (former resident) *

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, model and actress *

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, politician and former

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* Navneet Kaur, actress (former resident) MP Amravati * Kamran Khan, cricketer, former

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, Royal Challengers Bangalore *

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, a former minister of Maharashtra, former MLA and a leader of the

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Hospitals

Khan Bahadur Bhabha Hospital

The Khan Bahadur Bhabha Municipal General Hospital, on Belgrami Road, near Bharat Cinema, is one of Mumbai's 16 peripheral hospitals run by the

. It has more than 300 beds and provides secondary-level referral health care services. The hospital started off in 1935 as a 30-bed

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called Khan Bahadur Hospital. An

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department (OPD) was added in 1950, converting it into a general hospital. Several other departments like surgery and

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were added from 1962 on. Additionally, 'L' Ward has 9 municipal dispensaries, 12 municipal health posts and 67 privately run nursing homes and hospitals.

Other hospitals

* Arpan Nursing Home * Aryan Hospital * Central Hospital * City Hospital and Research Center * Dr. Agashe's Maternity & Surgical Nursing Home * Dr. Deshpande Nursing Home * Dr. Mendadkars Children Hospital * Fauziya Hospital * Fehmida Nursing Home * Habib Hospital * Infy Eye Care * Islahi Day Care * K.B. Bhabha Hospital * Kohinoor City Hospital * Kurla Nursing Home * Masoom Children Nursing Home * Neelam Hospital * Chota bhaba hospital kurla east BMC * New Noor Hospital * Omkar Nursing Home * Ram Agarwal Eye Hospital * Roshan Multispeciality Hospital & ICU * Sai-Krupa Eye Clinic & Nursing Home * Sheetal Nursing Home * Sindhu Maternity & Nursing Home * Vardhaman Children Hospital * Vcare Diagnostic

Places of worship

* Church of Christ India - Thakkar Bappa Colony, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Kurla (East) * Markaz Masjid – Pipe Road * Mehboob-E-Subhani Masjid, New Mill Road, Kurla (West) * Shri Adishwar Jain Temple, New Mill Road, Kurla (West) * Shri Munisuvrat Swami Jain Temple, New Mill Road, Kurla (West) * Shri Labdhidayak Shantinath Jain Temple, Takiya Ward, Kurla (West) * Sarveshwar Mandir, Takiya Ward, Kurla (West) * Shri Chandraprabh Swami Jain Temple, S.G. Barve Marg, Kurla (East) * Shri Ambe Mata Temple, Near Kurla Garden, Kurla (West) * Hari Masjid – Kurla Garden * Shri Balaji Temple, Pipe Road, Kurla (West) * Markaz Masjid – Pipe Road * Habibiya masjid kurla East quresh nagar (EAST) *Badi Masjid Kurla east quresh nagar(East) * Church of Christ, Kurla – Telugu Baptist Church, L.B.S. Marg, Kurla (West) court * Holy Cross Church, Premier Road