Chinchpokli
Chinchpokli (Marathi: चिंचपोकळी) is a neighbourhood in South Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai suburban railway. Older British era spellings: Chinchpugli and Chinchpooghly.[1] The neighbourhood is named after the Marathi words for tamarind (chinch), and betel nut (pofali).[2][3][4]
There is a very old Jewish Cemetery built by Elias David Sassoon in 1878 which lies Parallel to the railway Track. [5]
The Road bridge over the railway track, known as Arthur Bridge was built in 1915. [6]
Kasturba Hospital run by Municipal Corporation is located in Chinchpokli West. [7][8] Opposite to this hospital lies the Mumbai Central Prison, also referred to as Arthur Road Jail. It was built in 1926. [9]
References
- ↑ http://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
- ↑ Don Pendleton (2014). Jungle Firestorm. Gold Eagle. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-373-61566-7.
- ↑ Mehta, Suketu (2006). Maximum city: Bombay lost and found. Penguin Books India. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-14-400159-0.
- ↑ Virani, Pinki (1 March 2001). Once Was Bombay. Penguin Books Limited. p. 41. ISBN 978-93-5214-074-9.
- ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mumbai-Secrets-Jewish-film-stars-and-holocaust-victims-remembered-in-a-Chinchpokli-cemetery/articleshow/43675120.cms Article in Times of India on Jewish Cemetery
- ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Bridges-to-wealth-are-in-poor-health/articleshow/974130.cms
- ↑ http://www.prabodhan.org/mumbai/municipal-hospital_no.html
- ↑ http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/MCGM%20Department%20List/Kasturba%20Hospital/RTI%20Manuals/KasturbaHosp_RTI_E01.pdf
- ↑ Mustafa Plumber & Manish K Pathak (19 April 2011). "Time to free Mumbai of its overcrowded prison?". DNA India. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
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