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Kandivali कािं दवली 

— suburb —

 Thakur Village in Kandivali (East)

Kandivali

Coordinates: 19.204511°N

72.837639°E Coordinates : 19.204511°N 72.837639°E

Country India

State Maharashtra

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District Mumbai Suburban

Metro Mumbai

Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

PIN 400067, 400101

Kandivali, or Kandivli is the name of a suburb 40 km north of  Mumbai of  Maharashtra, India. It is also the name of therailwaystation in Kandivali suburb, on the Western Railway (India) line of the Mumbai suburban railway.

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• 1 History

• 2 Landmarks andlocalities

• 3 Media / Newspaper

• 4 Transportation

• 5 Hospitalso 5.1 Educatio

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• 6 School 

• 7 Colleges

• 8 External links

• 9 References

[edit]History Artifacts found near Kandivali indicate that the region was inhabited in the Stone Age.[1]

The Kandivali railway station was built more than 100 years ago in 1907, then known as Khandolee. The station derived itsname from the East Indian village of Condolim. Earth and stones from Paran, a hillock east of the Kandivli Railway Station werequarried to reclaim the Bombay Backbay. On this account a railway line was opened, a workshop erected and a number ofdwelling houses were constructed for officers and workmen numbering hundreds.[2] The area around Western ExpressHighway between Malad and Kandivali had numerous stone quarries and was once famous for Malad Stone. Many heritagebuildings in Mumbai were constructed with Malad stone between 1860 and 1930, notable among them are David Sasson library,Bombay House and the Western Railway building at Churchgate.

During the boom that followed the First World War (1914–18), several Gujaratis flocked about the newly opened Railway Stationof Kandivli. On account of its healthy climate, good water and rural life, the Gujaratis built homes towards the west of the

Railway Station. They soon outnumbered the people in the village. A few Parsis also bought large pieces of land near thevillage. A municipal body on a smaller scale known as the Notified Area Committee including the villages of Kandivli and Poinsuwas soon established. A Town Planning Scheme, launched by the Government to attract more people to the place, did notmaterialize due to the depression of the 1930s.[2] The township was semi-rural up to the 1980s, with agricultural land, huts andvillages. With the real estate boom in the 1980s and 1990s, many residential projects started to shift northward.

[edit]Landmarks and localitiesThe oldest locality in Kandivali is Kandivali Village (Gaon) which was home to more than 5 families, mostly Pachkalshi's,(such asPatil,Mhatre etc.) in the 1800s. Kandivali village is one of the Old East Indian villages of Mumbai. It originally consisted ofthe East Indian Catholic families (such as the Mirandas, Mendes, Daniels, Rodrigues, ).[citation needed ]

Prominent localities in Kandivali West include Kandivli Village, Irani Wadi, Anand Nagar, Ary chankya nagar, Dahanukar WadiLalji Pada, Gandhi nagar, Mohite Wadi, Tulaskar Wadi, Amrut Nagar, Kailash Tower, Kamla Nagar, Mathuradas Road, ShankerLane, Parekh Nagar, Mahavir Nagar , Gaurav Gardens, APEKSHA ENCLAVE, ANAMIKA, Arpit, BLOSSOM, EKTA BHOOMIPANCHSIL GARDEN, HIGH LAND HARMONY, MAHAVIR DARSHAN, Aditya Building, PAWAN DHAM.Shanker Lane

Poisar, Fateh Baugh,Nilkanth Society, Ganesh Nagar, Irani wadi, Ekta Nagar and

Charkop. Ashok Nagar,PathareWadi,Kotasthane Wadi, GowShala, Patankarwadi, Arya

Chanakya Nagar, Thakur complex, Thakur Village, Lokhandwala township, Samata Nagar

are some of the better known localities in Kandivili (East).

The "Church of Our Lady of Assumption", located off M.G. Road, was built in 1630[3] and is one of the oldest churches oMumbai. The pond located in Shankar Mandir, Kandivali village is used for immersions during Ganesh Chaturthi. Also located onM.G. Road is the famous Kala Hanuman temple, which is visited by hundreds of devotees every day. The 56 years old Shreeji

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Temple located on Mathurdas Road attracts a large number of devotees. A 150 year old shrine [4] to Shri Karsangli Akurli MataVARAHI MATA TEMPLE at Shanker LaneRaghuleela Mall, a 250,000 sq ft (23,000 m2). shopping mall located near the Poinsur bus depot, is home to a movie theatereateries and apparel stores. Growel's 101 is a mega-shopping mall located on Akurli Road near Kandivali station, home to thesuper-market Big Bazaar .

The Mahindra & Mahindra plant occupies a 63-acre (250,000 m2) built-up area and employs over 3,000. [5] Industrial complexessuch as Akurli Industrial Estate, Kandivali (Charkop) Industrial estate, Gundecha Industrial Estate, Balaji Industrial Estate andJai Bonanza Industrial Estate are home to small and medium sized industries. Kandivali is also home to  The Times oIndia printing press and  Associated Capsules, one of the world's largest manufacturers of empty capsules. [citation needed ]

Balaji Temple at Charkop sector 7.

The Sports Authority of India has a huge training ground for the popular football teams Mahindra United Football Teams like FCGreens, F united also practice here regularly, Athletics and a very famous handball team and also has a new American footballteam is also located in Kandivali.

[edit]Media / Newspaper • Neighbourhood Times – Kandivli East's Very Own Weekly Community Newspaper was launched on February 17,2011. Neighbourhood Times is a community newspaper that covers local issues, events and news that really matter andaffect Kandivli East.

• Neighbourhood Times is Owned & Published by Arun D'Souza, who has been living in Kandivli East for over a decadeand is a media professional with over 17 years of media experience.

[edit]TransportationKandivali railway station is a busy station along the Western Line on the Mumbai suburban railway. Road connectivity isprovided by means of Western Express Highway on the East, S.V. Road and Link Road on the west. A Metro line, terminatingat Charkop, had been proposed which was supposed to be completed by 2011. But the project has been delayed due tounavailability of land for car sheds at both Charkop and Mankhurd.[6] The BEST bus depot is close to the railway station on theEastern side of the suburb and is the point of origin for localities in Kandivali East like Ashok Nagar, Hanuman Nagar, DamuNagar, Samata Nagar, Thakur Village and Thakur Complex. Bus services also serve distant destinations like Kashimira andBorivali.

The Kandivali West Post office( Pin Code 400067)is the oldest post office in kandivali West near railway station.The Kandivali East Post office( Pin Code 400101) was initially located in Fonseca Compound on Akurli road near KandivalRailway Station on the Eastern side. It moved to Samata Nagar in the late nineties/early 2000s.

[edit]HospitalsThere are a couple of government agency hospitals in Kandivali East. The Akurli Road Municipal Maternity Home(Run byBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) is situated as a two storey building on Akurli Road opposite Dena Bank. There is theEmployees State Insurance Scheme(ESIS) hospital as well on Akurli road in Kandivali East. Both are within 5 minutes walkingdistance to the railway station. Other hospitals are

• Western Hospital

• agarwal hospital

[edit]Education

[edit]School• Holy Infant High School, Ganesh Nagar 

• Gandhi Vidya Mandir High School

• Cambridge School 

• St. Lawrence High School

• Lokhandwala Foundation School 

• Bharat Bharti Hindi High School

• Bal Bharti High school

• Priyadarshini Vidyamadir, Charkop.

• EkVira High School.

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• Esplanade High School.

• Thakur Public School 

• Gundecha Education Academy[7] 

• Thakur Vidya Mandir 

•  Anudutta Vidyalaya

• Our Lady of Remedy High School.

• St. Joseph High School[8]

• Veer Bhagat Singh High School.

• Indian Education Society High School.

• Oxford Public School.• St. Xavier's International School.

• Children's Academy

• C.U. Shah High School.

• Pioneer School

• Thakur International School

• Shree Raghubir Madhymik vidyalaya

• Dhanamal High School

• Pawar Public School, Kandivali.

• Balak Vihar Vidyalaya - Marathi Medium.

• Gulab Computer Education trust.

• Dada Naravane's Ramakrishna Vidyamandir - Marathi Medium and school for special children.

•

Cambridge School• Gyaneshwar VidyaMandir 

• New English School

• Kapol Vidyanidhi International School

• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vividhlakshi Vidyalaya

• The Learning Central Preschool and Activity center 

• The Shalin Choksi's school Blooming Dales

• The Roshnikant Sharma's School of Wizardy

[edit]Colleges• Swami Vivekananda International School & junior college

• Nirmala Memorial Foundation college

• Shree Jamnadas Adukia Balika Vidyalaya and Junior College

• Balbharti College Of Commerce

• Niranjan Majithia College of Commerce

• Prakash Junior College Of Commerce & Science

• Kandivili Education Society College Of Arts and Commerce

• St. Lawrence Junior College Of Science & Commerce

• Everest College

• Thakur College Of Engineering And Technology

• Thakur polytechnic College

• Thakur College Of Science & Commerce

• Thakur Shyamnarayan College Of Education & Research

• Pratham College

• Mlrt Gala Pioneer English School & Junior College• Pal Rajendra High School & D Ed College

• Shree Mumbadevi Junior College of Commerce

• Swami Vivekanand International School & Junior College

• D T S S College Of CommerceHOSPITAL .KHM MEDICAL CENTER . S.V.ROAD KANDIVALI (W) ∞ Oxford International School (Kandivali East)

[edit]External linksWikimedia Commons hasmedia relatedto: Kandivali 

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[edit]References1. ^ Ghosh, A. (1991). Encyclopedia of Indian Archaeology . 1. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-09264-1.

2. ^ a b "The East Indians of Kandivli".

3. ^ "The East Indian Community". Retrieved December 27, 2009.

4. ^ Bombay Gazettor's records, XIV, 1882

5. ^ "Mahindra & Mahindra Manufacturing Plants". Retrieved December 27, 2009.

6. ^ "Charkop-Mankhurd-Bandra Corridor Delayed". Financial Express. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

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7. ^ Gundecha Education Academy web site

8. ^ St. Joseph High School web site