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Grant Road (Marathi:ग्रँट रोड), named after Sir Robert Grant, who was the Governor of Bombay between 1835 and 1839, is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai suburban railway. Grant Rd station is the most centrally located arterial station in South Mumbai and easily connects to all prominent place such as Gaumdevi,Girgaum Chowpatty,Babulnath,Malabar Hill,Peddar Road,Nepean Sea Rd via Nana Chowk on the West, to Duncan Rd, Dongri, Bhyculla(Central Railway)via Maulana Shaukatali Road and to Khetwadi,Gol Deol, C P Tank, Mumbadevi, Mandvi, Bhuleshwar, via Sardar Vallabhai Patel Road. Originally the station was terminus before independence. Unfortunately space is wasted now by having a parcel depot. A few trains like Balsad fast passenger or flying raanee can use this terminal. the suburban station was opened for operation by W.R again in 1968. There is a bus route no. 155 ( unidirectional ) from the West side of the station to connect to PEdder Rd. and sophia college. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Marathi is one of the widely spoken languages of India, and has a long literary history. ... Sir Robert Grant (1779-1838), British lawyer and politician. ... British East India Company Governors (1668–1862) 1668–1669: Sir George Oxeden 1689–1677: Gerald Aungier 1677–1681: Gen. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... Suburban rail network. ...

Grant road(west) also consists of a famous area called Nana chowk which consists of many localities from station to Diana bridge they are CHIKAL WADI[navi & juni] ramji chawl,bhaji gully(a vegetable market actually)sonawala building etc.

 A huge area named TARDEO comes under grant road 

Grant Road (East) is also home to Mumbai's electronics and computer hardware wholesale and retail market along Lamington Road.You will find here cinema theatres like NOVELTY,APSARA,MINERVA There is a market called LOKMANYA TILAK MARKET .Many big showrooms of shoes like,METRO,LORDS,CITYWALKetc. & cloth designing showrooms,like SHEETAL are present along the market street Lamington Road is a place very close to the Grant Road station in Mumbai. ...

Famous places accessible from the West are Mani Bhavan off Gowalia Tank, Banganga,Babulnath Temple, Priyadarshani Park, American and Russian Embassys,The Royal Opera house, Girgaum Chowpatty,SRISRI Radhagopinath temple,bhartiya vidya bhavan, Bhavan's college& Wilson College. yay!!!

Famous places accessible from the East are Gol Deol off Duncan Road,Chor Bazaar on Mutton Street,H.N.hospital,prarthna samaj,badr baug there's been a developement in this area in these days ,Huge towers like,Padmavati heights,hilla heights have been built .Smal housng. societies like,KAMAR building housing soc.,Nagusayajichi chawletc.are also coming up

Contrary to popular perception, One of Mumbai's biggest red light districts, Kamathipura,(roughly translated - Labourers Village) is located on Sukhalaji Street off Falkland Road, very close to the Best Depot at Mumbai Central. There's on small bus depot near navjivan soc. named Tardeo bus depot A red-light district is a neighborhood where prostitution is a common part of everyday life. ... A lane in Kamathipura Kamathipura (also spelled Kamthipura) is Mumbais oldest and Asias largest red-light district. ...

Falkland Road is also famous for JaffarBhai's Delhi Darbar, C Grade theatres like Alfred, New Roshans and a smaller Red light District.A Red light area called PLAY HOUSE is also found here

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