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{{about|the cricket grounds|the monument|Azad Maidan (monument)}}
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[[File:Azad Maidan.jpg|thumb|[[Net practice]] in session at Azad Maidan]]
'''Azad Maidan''' (formerly known as ''Bombay Gymkhana Maidan''<ref name=wadia>{{cite book|last=Wadia|first=J. B. H.|title=M.N. Roy, the man: an incomplete Royana|url=https://archive.org/details/mnroymanincomple0000wadi|url-access=registration|year=1983|publisher=[[Popular Prakashan]]|isbn=81-7154-246-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/mnroymanincomple0000wadi/page/116 116]}}</ref>) is a triangular-shaped maidan (sports ground) in the city of [[Mumbai]], [[India]].<ref name=th09>{{cite news|title=In cricket crazy Mumbai|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/12/27/stories/2009122750190500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115171925/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/12/27/stories/2009122750190500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2010|accessdate=30 January 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 December 2009}}</ref> It is located on {{convert|25|acres}} of land near the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] station.<ref name="Phadke">{{cite web|first=Manasi |last=Phadke|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/part-of-azad-maidan-to-be-briefly-closed-next-year-for-metro-work/|title=Part of Azad Maidan to be briefly closed next year for Metro work|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> It is a regular venue for inter-school cricket matches. The name ''Azad'' means "liberty" in [[Persian language|Persian]].<ref name=mihir>{{cite book|last=Bose|first=Mihir|author-link=Mihir Bose| title=The magic of Indian cricket: cricket and society in India|year=2006|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=0-415-35691-1|pages=124}}</ref> The ground is known for its [[cricket]] pitches,<ref name=mihir/> for protest meetings,<ref name=darshini>{{cite book|last=Mahadevia|first=Darshini|title=Inside the transforming urban Asia: processes, policies and public actions|year=2008|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=81-8069-574-3|pages=572}}</ref> and for political rallies.<ref name=dna09>{{cite news|title=No ground for Kanga matches|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_no-ground-for-kanga-matches_1293259|accessdate=30 January 2012|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=27 September 2009}}</ref> The [[Bombay Gymkhana]] clubhouse was built in 1875, at the southern end of the maidan.<ref name=rahulsharda>{{cite book|author1=Sharada Dwivedi|author1-link=Sharada Dwivedi|author2=Rahul Mehrotra|author2-link=Rahul Mehrotra|title=Bombay: the cities within|year=2001|publisher=[[Eminence Designs]] Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=81-900602-6-0|pages=112}}</ref>

==History==
The vast expanses of land of the [[Oval Maidan]], Azad Maidan, [[Cooperage Ground]] and [[Cross Maidan]] until the early 20th century formed the area known as Esplanade.<ref name=kellyjanina>{{cite book|last=Kelly Shannon|first=Janina Gosseye|title=Reclaiming (the urbanism of) Mumbai Volume 3 of Explorations in/of urbanism|year=2009|publisher=SUN Academia|isbn=90-8506-694-8|pages=125}}</ref>

[[Mahatma Gandhi]] addressed the largest ever political meeting at Azad Maidan in December 1931.<ref name=willharidas>{{cite book|last=Haridas T. Muzumdar|first=Will Durant|author-link=Will Durant|title=Gandhi Versus the Empire|year=2005|publisher=[[Kessinger Publishing]]|isbn=1-4179-9043-0|pages=38}}</ref>

Part of the site will be closed in 2015 to allow for construction of a station on [[Line 3 (Mumbai Metro)|Line 3]] of the [[Mumbai Metro]].<ref name="Phadke" />

==Cricket==

The ground hosts twenty-two cricket pitches.<ref name=gt10>{{cite news|title=Mumbai’s maidans may soon vanish|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/printArticle.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=393558&version=1&template_id=49&parent_id=29|accessdate=28 February 2012|newspaper=[[Gulf Times]]|date=22 October 2010}}</ref> The cricket pitches at the ground have produced many international cricketers. On 20 November 2013, [[Prithvi Shaw]] created history with 546 runs and in 1987 [[Sachin Tendulkar]] and [[Vinod Kambli]] shared a huge 664 run record partnership during a ''Harris Shield'' school match at Azad Maidan.<ref name=cricinfom10>{{cite news|title=Tendulkar rewinds time at the Bombay Gymkhana|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl2010/content/story/451310.html|accessdate=28 February 2012|newspaper=[[ESPNCricinfo]]|date=9 March 2010}}</ref> Azad Maidan plays host to a number of cricket matches throughout the year, including Inter-School and Club matches.

==See also==
*[[Azad Maidan riots]]
* [[Cross Maidan]]
*[[Oval Maidan]]

==References==
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