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Chinchpokli (Template:Lang-mr) is a neighbourhood in South Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai suburban railway. Historical British era spellings include Chinchpugli and Chinchpooghly.[1] The neighbourhood is named after the Marathi words for tamarind (chinch) and betel nut (pofali).[2][3][4]
History
The Chinchpokli Railway station was opened in 1877.[5] There is an old Jewish Cemetery built by Elias David Sassoon in 1878 which lies parallel to the railway tracks.[6] In 1896, during the Bombay plague epidemic, the Chinchpokli Station was converted into medical transit place.[5] The Road bridge over the railway track, known as Arthur Bridge was built in 1915.[7] Kasturba Hospital run by Municipal Corporation is located in Chinchpokli West.[8][9] Opposite to this hospital lies the Mumbai Central Prison, also referred to as Arthur Road Jail. It was built in 1926. [10]
References
- ↑ https://dsal.uchicago.edu/maps/gazetteer/images/gazetteer_V8_bc.jpg Map of Old mumbai, Published in Imperial gazetteer of India showing the name of the suburb as Chinchpugli
- ↑ Jungle Firestorm{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Gold Eagle(2014). ISBN 978-0-373-61566-7
- ↑ Maximum city: Bombay lost and found{{#if:Mehta|, Mehta}. Penguin Books India(2006). ISBN 978-0-14-400159-0
- ↑ Once Was Bombay{{#if:Virani|, Virani}. Penguin Books Limited(1 March 2001). ISBN 978-93-5214-074-9
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chinchpokli Station Banner. Wikimedia Commons(3 June 2018). Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ↑ Mumbai Secrets: Jewish film stars and holocaust victims remembered in a Chinchpokli cemetery. The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
- ↑ 'Bridges to wealth' are in poor health. The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
- ↑ Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Hospitals. www.prabodhan.org. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
- ↑ http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/MCGM%20Department%20List/Kasturba%20Hospital/RTI%20Manuals/KasturbaHosp_RTI_E01.pdf
- ↑ Time to free Mumbai of its overcrowded prison?. DNA India(19 April 2011).
