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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. Historical British era spellings include Chinchpugli and Chinchpooghly. The neighbourhood is named after the Marathi words for tamarind (chinch) and betel nut (pofali).

History

The Chinchpokli Railway station was opened on 9th 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

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. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-373-61566-7.
3. Mehta, Suketu (2006). Maximum city: Bombay lost and found. Penguin Books India. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-14-400159-0.
4. Virani, Pinki (1 March 2001). Once Was Bombay. Penguin Books Limited. p. 41. ISBN 978-93-5214-074-9.
5. "[IRFCA] CR Mumbai Timeline of Suburban Stations". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
6. "Mumbai Secrets: Jewish film stars and holocaust victims remembered in a Chinchpokli cemetery". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
7. "Chinchpokli Station Banner". Wikimedia Commons. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
8. "'Bridges to wealth' are in poor health". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
9. "Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Hospitals". www.prabodhan.org. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
11. 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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