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| name = Bori Bunder<br />
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| postal_code = 400001<ref name="pcode">{{cite web|url=https://pincode.org.in/400001|title=Pin code : Bori Bunder, Mumbai<br />
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[[File:Panorama - From the Cathedral, Bombay. No. 4. Looking towards Boree Bunder (12675171104).jpg|thumb|Bori Bunder as seen from St. Thomas Cathedral (c. 1855-1862).]]<br />
'''Bori Bunder''' (also known as '''Bori Bandar''') is an area along the Eastern shore line of [[Mumbai, India]].<br />
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== Background ==<br />
This place was used as a storehouse for goods imported and exported from Mumbai. In the local language, 'Bori' mean sack and 'Bandar' means port. It could also be a corruption of 'Bhandaar' meaning store.{{cn|date=August 2020}}<br />
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== Transport ==<br />
In the 1850s, the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] built its [[Bori Bunder railway station|railway terminus]] in this area and the station took its name as Bori Bunder.<ref name=dna>{{cite news|title=Rail museum in Lonavala mooted|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbaireport_rail-museum-in-lonavala-mooted_1193535|accessdate=1 May 2011|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=27 September 2008}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bori Bunder railway station]]<br />
* [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Mumbai]]</div>
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