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| name = Dadar Parsi Colony
| native_name = दादर पारसी कॉलनी
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| other_name = Mancherji Joshi Parsi Colony
| nickname = Parsi Colony
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Mumbai]]
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| governing_body = [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]] (MCGM)
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'''Dadar Parsi Colony''' (officially '''Mancherji Joshi Parsi Colony''') is an upper class [[Parsi]] colony in midtown [[South Mumbai]]. It is situated in the locality of [[Dadar]]-[[Matunga]]. Unlike the other Parsi colonies (also known as '{{transl|gbz|baugs}}', literally gardens) it is not surrounded by a wall or fence and is not isolated from its surroundings. The colony houses the famous Five Gardens created by ''Mancherji Joshi'', a renowned Parsi.

It is the largest [[Zoroastrian]] enclave in the world and in 2009, out of the 45,000 Zoroastrians living in Mumbai, 10,000 lived in Dadar Parsi Colony.<ref>{{cite web| title = Dadar Parsi Colony to stay 'exclusive'| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-24/mumbai/28104082_1_covenant-three-buildings-flats| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130928034330/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-24/mumbai/28104082_1_covenant-three-buildings-flats| url-status = dead| archive-date = 28 September 2013|date=24 December 2009| accessdate = 2013-09-24| work = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:P1010011 Dadar Parsee colony, Mumbai.jpg|thumb|left |Parsi colony is in the center of 'Maheshwari udyan and Dadar TT' ]]
This area was established for Parsis through the efforts of Mr Mancherji Edalji Joshi, the founder of the Dadar Parsi Colony (M Joshi Colony).
The area was built by the British under the Dadar-Matunga-Wadala-Sion scheme of 1899-1900, the first planned scheme in [[Mumbai]]. The [[Bombay City Improvement Trust]] formulated this plan in order to relieve congestion in the centre of the town, following the [[Mumbai plague epidemic]]s of the 1890s. According to the survey plan, 60,000 people were to be housed at Dadar-Matunga and an equal number in Sion-Matunga. 85,000 people were to be accommodated in the developments in Sewri-Wadala.

The plans regulated constructions with emphasis on proper sanitation. No building was to be more than three storeys high, and the buildings were to have open spaces between them. The land-use was planned to be a mix of residential, commercial and institutional constructions. Parks and gardens were planned, and the streets were well laid out.

{{convert|440|acre|km2}} of land was procured and leased to the government for selling. For the first time in 1922, housing cooperatives were formed to take advantage of newly developed land. The Parsi and Hindu colonies in [[Dadar]] were developed in this way in the 1920s.

Dadar was {{convert|6|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} away from [[Crawford Market]] by the newly constructed Mohammed Ali Road. The tramways were extended here. The GIP constructed a bridge, now the Tilak Bridge, connecting the two railways. Soon, in February 1925, the GIP Railways opened their line, and started the work of electrifying the railways. Among the institutions which moved here according to the BCIP plan were the [[VJTI]], the Sydenham College of Commerce and Wadia Vachha now known as J.B.Vachha high school for Parsi girls.

This posh colony in south Mumbai is home to an estimated 15,000 or more [[Parsis]], which is by far the largest concentration of [[Parsis]] in Mumbai, and possibly the world.

==Education==
The Dadar Parsi Youth Assembly and J.B. Vachha High School lies in this vicinity.

==References==
*[http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/dadar.html Dadar, Matunga, Wadala, Sion] {GFDL}
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Zoroastrianism in India]]

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