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Kurla is a major suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of one the busiest railway stations on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) (near Kurla)is a train terminus for some out-station passenger/express trains “Suburbia” redirects here. ... , Bombay redirects here. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... The Mumbai Suburban Railway (Marathi: मुंबई उपनगरीय रेल्) system, part of the public transportation system of Mumbai, is provided for by the state-run Indian Railways two zonal Western Railways and Central Railways. ... , Bombay redirects here. ... Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT), formerly known as Kurla Terminus, is a railhead in suburb of Mumbai, India. ...

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History

I actual terms, suburb Kurla is called to be as coorla.


The name of Kurla has originated from a name of a small fish "Kurli". This suburb is built on a seawater where earlier these small fishes were found[citation needed].


In 1918, the Bombay city limits were expanded out to Kurla. A new railway line connecting Kurla to Chembur was constructed and then extended to Mankhurd. A spate of building activity took place in the 1920s. Kurla railway station has railway lines connected from both the Central Railway and Harbour railway. Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... Chembur (Marathi:चेंबूर) is a suburb of Mumbai, India, as well as a railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. ... Mankhurd is a suburb of Mumbai. ... The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually when speaking about the United States. ...


The Bandra-Kurla Commercial Complex added to the commercial value of Kurla. The Bandra-Kurla complex is a planned commercial complex in the suburbs of Mumbai. ...


Prominent business communities in Kurla are Marwaries, Kutchhies, Sindhies, Patels and Gujaraties. Kurla has a large number of muslim population.


Famous shops in Kurla are Paris Jewellers(in west),Deepak Farsan, Readymade Centre, Right choice,Nagarik Stores, Arpan Shopping Arcade, Thakkar Stores, Swastik Sweets, Dugad Market,Mahalakshmi Jellwers,Aanchal collection a very good Ladies cloth store


Localities

Some of the residential areas in Kurla include:

  • A.H.WADIA charity trust owned by Rich Parsi is Located on A.H.Wadia Marg.
  • BMC colony located near NEW MILL ROAD & H.P.KELUSKAR MARG.
  • LIG and MIG Colony at Vinobha Bhave Nagar is also famous.
  • Nehru Nagar: The Government Dairy is located in this area; it has Mumbai's second biggest BEST depot
  • Kamgar Nagar: A residential area with row houses (now developed as bungalows)
  • Shriv Shrusti: A residential colony near the bus depot
  • Chhadva Nagar: A residential colony near Bhabha Hospital
  • Murli Milan Society: A residential colony near Bhabha Hospital
  • ST Bus depot for state transport.
  • Connected to Lokmanya Railway Terminus
  • Pipe Road is most popular and crowded area in Kurla west.
  • Village hall road is popular for christians residing here.
  • Vinobha Bhave Nagar is surrounded by slums called "RAM BACHCHAN KA TABELA"
  • Other important localities in Kurla West are CST Road, Taximen's colony, Station Road, Gol Building, Subhash Nagar, Brahminwadi,Kapadia nagar etc.
  • Jai Shankar Chowk is situated on New Mill Road at Kurla West and the people are living in Jai Shankar Chowk are from Kaikadi Samaj. 90% people in Jai shankar Chowk are working in BMC and Air India.Abdulla Mainsion where Mustafa Lives.
  • Bail Bazaar, Wadia Estate, Sindhi Camp (Sindhi's, Kanojia's, Malwanees Etc resides)
  • This area is been affected by the SRA Schemes few are (Sandesh Nagar, Sayog Nagar, Kranti Nagar etc the area from where the MITHI NADI Pass by).
  • Jarimari, Kajupada, Safed Pool Etc

The BEST (Marathi: बृहन्मुंबई विद्युतपुरवठा आणि परिवहन उपक्रम / बेस्ट) or the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport is Mumbais public transport service and electricity provider. ... A street of British Victorian/Edwardian terraced homes. ... [Image:Bungalows. ...

Education

Kurla has one engineering college, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, and several schools. Some of the schools in Kurla are S. K. P. Walavalkar High School Marathi and English Medium ,Anjuman-e-Islam, Green Bombay High School, Anjuman Tabligul Islam, Swami Vivekanand High School and College, Holy Cross High School (Kurla),Gandhi Bal Mandir High School(Marathi), Karthika High School, Kedarnath Vidya Prasarini (KVP) English High School and Michael High School), Shree Gujarati Samaj Vidhyalaya. Don Bosco Institute of Technology (DBIT) is a private, un-aided[1] engineering college situated at Kurla (West), Mumbai. ... Holy Cross High School is a school in Kurla suburb of Mumbai, India. ...


Football Club in Kurla

1)team playing for M.D.F.A.(mumbai district football association)


HEARTS Sports Club, Shiv-Srushti, Kurla (E)


Important Personalities

  • Shaikh Shamim Ahmed (Ex.MLA and senior congress leader)
  • Nawab Malik (MLA)
  • Prof.Ilyas Shauqi
  • Mahdi Azmi (Urdu Poet)
  • Shantaram Naik [Senior Shivsena Leader]
  • Rajendra Lad MNC CORPORATOR
  • Narayan Pawar [MNC CORPORATOR](JAI SHANKAR CHOWK, KURLA (WEST)]

Shri Vinod Khimji Prajapati Spacial Executive Magistrate kurla

  • Mhd Arif Naseem Khan (Presently the MLA & Former Minister for Food and Development)

See also

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Kurla
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Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line) Next station north:
Tilak Nagar (Mumbai)
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Being one of the busiest railway stations of Bombay, Kurla Junction is counted amongst the major rail heads in the city.
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