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Chinchpokli

Chinchpokli
FieldValue
nameChinchpokli
settlement_typeNeighbourhood
map_captionLocation of Chinchpokli in Mumbai
pushpin_mapMumbai
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIndia
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_type3City
subdivision_name1Maharashtra
subdivision_name2Mumbai City
subdivision_name3Mumbai
established_title
government_typeMunicipal Corporation
governing_bodyBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
unit_prefMetric
population_density_km2auto
demographics_type1Languages
demographics1_title1Official
timezone1IST
utc_offset1+5:30
postal_code_typePIN
postal_code400011
area_code022
blank1_name_sec1Civic agency
blank1_info_sec1BMC
demographics1_info1Marathi

Chinchpokli () 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. The neighbourhood is named after the Marathi words for tamarind (chinch) and betel nut (pofali).

Chinchpokli stationboard
Chinchpokli station Banner

History

The Chinchpokli Railway station was opened on 9 December 1867. There is a Jewish Cemetery, laid out by Elias David Sassoon in 1878, which lies parallel to the railway tracks. In 1896, during the Bombay plague epidemic, the Chinchpokli Station was converted into medical transit place. The Road bridge over the railway track, known as Arthur Bridge was built in 1915. Kasturba Hospital run by Municipal Corporation is located in Chinchpokli West. Opposite to this hospital lies the Mumbai Central Prison, also referred to as Arthur Road Jail. It was built in 1926.

References

References

  1. 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
  2. Don Pendleton. (2014). "Jungle Firestorm". Gold Eagle.
  3. Mehta, Suketu. (2006). "Maximum city: Bombay lost and found". Penguin Books India.
  4. Virani, Pinki. (1 March 2001). "Once Was Bombay". Penguin Books Limited.
  5. "[IRFCA] CR Mumbai Timeline of Suburban Stations".
  6. "Mumbai Secrets: Jewish film stars and holocaust victims remembered in a Chinchpokli cemetery". The Times of India.
  7. (3 June 2018). "Chinchpokli Station Banner".
  8. "'Bridges to wealth' are in poor health". The Times of India.
  9. "Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Hospitals".
  10. "Archived copy".
  11. Mustafa Plumber & Manish K Pathak. (19 April 2011). "Time to free Mumbai of its overcrowded prison?". DNA India.
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