Bandra
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Bandra वांद्रे Vandre |
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| Suburban village | |
Aerial view of the Bandra coast
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 Bandra
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| Coordinates: 19°03′16″N 72°50′26″E / 19.054444°N 72.840556°ECoordinates: 19°03′16″N 72°50′26″E / 19.054444°N 72.840556°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Mumbai Suburban |
| Metro | Mumbai |
| Zone | 3 |
| Ward | H West |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 300,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 400 050 400 051 |
| Vehicle registration | MH-02 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mumbai North Central |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Vandre West (covers Bandra West) Vandre East (covers Bandra East) |
Bandra (Marathi: वांद्रे) is a suburb of West Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra, India. Bandra is a posh locality and often called the "queen of the suburbs". It is home to many influential Bollywood, cricket and political personalities such as Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, former Member of Parliament Priya Dutt, BJP Mumbai President Ashish Shelar, Ex Mla Baba Siddique, Mumbai Joint Secretary NCP Student Wing Furkan Shaikh
The name 'Bandra' is possibly an adaptation of the Persian (and also Urdu) word Bandar It was named after the famous, which Duncan Forbes' A Dictionary, Hindustani and English (1848) describes as 'a city; an emporium; a port, harbour; a trading town to which numbers of foreign merchants resort'. In Marathi, Bandra is known as Vandre, which also means 'port' and is possibly derived from the same Urdu/Persian word. The area was under the rule of the Silhara dynasty in the 12th century. Bandra was a tiny fishing village inhabited by Kolis (fishermen) and farmers. It was acquired by the British East India Company while the rest of Mumbai belonged to the Portuguese.
In 1534, a sea captain called Diego da Silveira entered Bandra creek and burned the fishing town he found there. With that, Bandra came under the rule of the Portuguese crown.
This turmoil was the start of a long period of Christianization of Bandra. It was Father Manuel Gomes who really turned the Catholic Church into the institution it has become here. In 1580, he baptized 2,000 fishermen, and that was just a beginning. By the time he died 11 years later, Father Gomes' "invincible strength of soul" — as one historian described it — had converted 6,000 people of the area. It was Father Gomes who established St Andrew's church.
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