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Sahar Village lies in the
Andheri Andheri (Help:IPA/Marathi, n̪d̪ʱeɾiː is a suburb situated in Western Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Government and politics For administrative purposes, Andheri is bifurcated into Andheri (west) and Andheri (east). Andheri (west) comes ...
East suburb of
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. It is among the oldest settlements of
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on
Salsette Island Salsette Island (, , Sashti) is an island in Konkan division of the state of Maharashtra, along India's west coast. Administratively known as the Mumbai Suburban district, Mira Bhayander and a portion of Thana (Thane) lie on it; making it ...
. The village had a station on the
Salsette–Trombay Railway The Salsette–Trombay Railway (also known as the Central Salsette Tramway) was a standard-gauge railway line on the island of Salsette in the city of Mumbai (Bombay), India. The line was opened in 1928 by the Great Indian Peninsular Railway u ...
that was dismantled after the rail line closed in 1934. The opening of the Sahar International Terminal (Terminal 2) of the
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is the international airport serving Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the second-busiest airport in India in terms of total and international passenger traffic a ...
in the 1980s led to subsequent urban development in the area. This includes the opening of the first hotel of
The Leela Group The Leela Group is an Indian business conglomerate founded by Chittarath Poovakkatt Krishnan Nair in 1981, and named after his wife. The hotel division, The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts, is its most well known. It describes itself as invol ...
in 1988. Its nearby areas are
Vile Parle Vile Parle (, also known as Parla), is a suburb and also the name of the railway station in the Western suburb of Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state o ...
,
Marol Marol is a locality in the suburb of Andheri (East) in Mumbai, India. History The area has been inhabited for centuries, successively coming under both Portugal, Portuguese and United Kingdom, British rule. Geography Marol consists of the area ...
,
JB Nagar JB Nagar, expanded to Jamunalal Bajaj Nagar, is a neighbourhood in Andheri (East), Mumbai. Its proximity to Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport makes it a prime business district. Located off the Andheri- Ghatkopar link road near Chakal ...
,
Chakala Chakala is a locality in the suburb of Andheri in Mumbai. It had a station on the Salsette–Trombay Railway, which was dismantled after the rail line closed down in 1934. It is served by the Western Express Highway and Chakala stations on L ...
, and Saki Naka.


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25 October 2005, Manoj R Nair Suburbs of Mumbai