Chembur
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| ?Chembur Mumbai • Maharashtra • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Mumbai Suburban |
| Assembly constituency | Chembur |
Chembur (Marathi:चेंबूर) is a suburb of Mumbai, India, as well as a railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is a major transportation hub.
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[edit] History
Originally a picnic spot on the north-eastern outskirts of Mumbai, Chembur is now considered 'the queen of the eastern suburbs' (Bandra is considered as 'queen of the western suburbs').[citation needed] The first building in Chembur is the 'Raote House' in Chembur's Gaothan near 10th road, developed in 1928. The name Chembur is a derivative of Chimbori (the Marathi word for crabs). Chembur was a causeway and a popular crabbing area earlier. The "Gram Daivat" or the village god of Chembur is "Ghatoba". "Ghatoba" Temple is situated on the road towards Ghatkopar. The name Ghatkopar probably came from "Ghatoba cha Kopra"(in Marathi) which means corner of "Ghatoba".
[edit] Geography
Major arteries originate at Chembur and lead to Navi Mumbai (New Bombay), Anushakti Nagar, Mankhurd, Govandi, Deonar, Ghatkopar, Sion, Kurla and Mulund-Thane. The Central Railway’s Harbour Line, services Chembur.
Chembur is 8.4 km long North-South and approximately 3 km broad East-West. (3.5 km at the broadest point). It lies between 19.072257°N & 18.996721° latitudes and 72.881096° and 72.910123° longitudes.
Occupying an area of 23.5 km², the bounds of Chembur extend from Tilak Nagar in the north (short of the Somaiyya Vidya Vihar campus) to the seafront in the south, past the Tata Thermal Power project. And from the Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers plant in the West (short of the IMAX Adlabs entertainment multiplex) to the Shah & Anchor Engineering College (short of the Deonar bus depot). At the centroid of this roughly rectangular 23.5 km² area is a small industrial building called Sita Estate, roughly 500 m south of the Ashish movie theatre.
[edit] Demographics
The northern half of Chembur is residential and the southern half is industrial.
Old bungalows and villas in the northern half are making way for high-rise apartments. Like most suburbs of Mumbai today, Chembur has a cosmopolitan population.
Many of the founders of India's film industry, celebrities like Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Shobhana Samarth and her daughters Nutan and Tanuja, Geeta Bali, Ashok Kumar, Om Prakash, Kishore Sahu, Surinder Kapoor resided in Chembur. Some of the present day Bollywood celebrities like Anil Kapoor and his brothers Boney (Achal Kapoor) and Sanjay Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty and her sister Shamita Shetty, Shankar Mahadevan, Ayesha Takia, Shreya Ghoshal, Malaika Arora and her sister Amrita Arora, Vidya Balan, and Birju Maharaj grew up in Chembur, where some of them still reside.
(Burmah) Shell Colony, Sahakar Nagar, Subhash Nagar and Tilak Nagar are old housing board tenement colonies in Chembur. Anushakti Nagar at Deonar -- the staff quarters of Bhabha Atomic Research Center, lies just outside the eastern boundary of Chembur. The Chembur Catholic Colony is one of the oldest establishments in the area located next to the Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School and Church.
Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers RCF, a public sector company occupies a large portion of this suburb and it's residential campus is a rare green location in Mumbai.
[edit] Landmarks
- Bhabha Atomic Research Center, India's first nuclear research facility
- R K Studios
- Dukes factory (now Pepsi factory)
- VESIT - Vivekanand Education Society's schools and institutes
- SAKEC - Shah And Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College
- Union Park
- Diamond Garden
- Chembur Church - Our Lady Of Perpetual Succour High School
- Shell Colony
- Adarsha Vidyalaya
- Thakkar Bappa Colony - famous market for manufacturing and distributing handmade Shoes all over India
- Acharya College
- Maitri Park
- Ambedkar Udyan (also Ambedkar Garden)
- Sandu Garden
- HPCL
- BPCL
- Tata Power Corporation
- RCF
- Corporate Park
- Swastik Park
- TISS
- Shivaji Chowk (also Shivaji Circle)
- Chedda Nagar
- Pestom Sagar
- Basant Park
- Atur Park
[edit] Theatres
- Amar
- Natraj
- Vijay
- Sahakar(Now known as Sahakar Plaza)
- Ashish
- Basant
- ankur
[edit] Famous People
- Vithal Narayan Purao an eminent freedom fighter who played an important role in development of Chembur.
- Kim Singh born in Chembur, went to OLPS 1962 - 73. Gained prominence in business and technology in the US. Was awarded medal of honor by President Bill Clinton. Was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year award by Merrill Lynch and Ernst & Young LLP.
- Abey Kuruvilla the famous cricketer who played for India was brought up here.
- Shankar Mahadevan (Of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy) - Music Director/Playback Singer. Studied at OLPS School.
- Anil Kapoor - Bollywood Actor. Studied at OLPS School, Chembur
- Shilpa Shetty the Bollywood actress who recently won Big Brother UK and skyrocketed to popularity, born and brought up in Chembur.Studied at St Anthony Girls High School, Chembur
- Shamita Shetty the Bollywood actress, and sister of Shilpa Shetty. Studied at St Anthony Girls High School, Chembur
- Vidya Balan - Bollywood Actress who starred in Parineeta,Munnabhai MBBS,Lage Raho Munnabhai, Eklavya. Studied at St Anthony Girls High School, Chembur
- Ayesha Takia- Bollywood Actress who starred in Salaam-e-Ishq, Dor, Tarzan, Socha Na Tha, Yeh Dil Mange More. Studied at St Anthony Girls High School, Chembur
- Ashok Kumar - Bollywood Actor
- The Kapoor Family - Raj Kapoor,Shammi Kapoor,Rishi Kapoor,Randhir Kapoor,Rajiv Kapoor
- Arman Kohli - Bollywood Actor and son of famour producer Raj Kumar Kohli and actress Nishi. Studied at OLPS School, Chembur
[edit] Shopping and Entertainment
There are various factory outlets of renowned brands such as Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Fila, Woodland, Flying Machine, The LOOT, etc. located on the sion-panvel highway near Atur park. There's a new mall coming up near Diamond Garden which hopefully will satisfy the shopping and entertainment needs of the people. The shops near Chembur station also provide good variety of clothes to the lower middle class. But for movies, people from chembur prefer going to Cinemax sion, Imax wadala, or Vashi theaters. Chembur has one of the bestest clubs - Acre's which has various recreational activities & sports and Chembur Gymkhana and now you also have Shoppers Stop. The Tata's has recently opened Tanishq Showroom.
[edit] Eateries
Jhama in Chembur Camp is very famous for its sweets. Also Sri Krishna, Satu's, Saroj, Ghasitaram, are also famous for its selected sweets. There are also outlets of food chains such as Mc Donalds, Domino's, Smokin' Joes, etc. Chembur Camp area is famous for its outlets of Tandoori dishes, Sanju's Corner for Vada Pav. .
Cafe Coffee Day, Barista, Tastings, Naturals, are the few eateries which are well known amongst the youth to hang around with friends.
Also chembur has hotels n resturants such as Vaishali, Geeta Bhavan, Sadguru's-famous for its pavbhaji, Grand Central, Orchids, Ornaments, Celebrations, Yogi, Kamat's, Lamba etc.
[edit] Links for Help
- Emergency Numbers
- BEST public buses route search
[edit] Railway station
Chembur is an important railway station on The Mumbai Subarban Railway's Harbour line. It is the 13th Station from Mumbai CST and 18 kilometers by train.
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| Next station south: Tilak Nagar (Mumbai) |
Mumbai suburban railway : Harbour Railway (Harbour Line) | Next station north: Govandi |
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| Stop No: 13 | KM from starting: 18 | Platforms: 2 | ||
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[edit] Trivia
Gas Chamber of Mumbai: Because of the large number of refineries, fertilizer plants and a TATA Electric thermal power plant in the area; Chembur's air quality was very poor in the early 80's and right after the Bhopal gas tragedy, Chembur was nicknamed the 'gas Chembur' of Mumbai. Pollution levels in Chembur are relatively lower now but still high on an absolute scale according to the WHO.
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