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Bandra

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Bandra ([bæːɳɖɾa]) is a coastal suburb located in Mumbai (Bombay), part of the Konkan division in Maharashtra, India. The area is located to the immediate north of the River Mithi, which separates Bandra from the Mumbai City district. Originally, Bandra was a larger area, whence the present day Khar neighbourhood was also a part of it. Almost a century ago, it was considered too large a suburb to be served by one railway station. As a result, the Khar Road railway station was established in 1924 to give the northern part of Bandra closer access to the Western Railway line. This eventually led to Khar being considered a separate suburb. However, to this day, the two adjoined suburbs make up one homogeneous zone. A number of prominent residents of Bandra are celebrities or VIPs who are active in Bollywood cinema, media, cricket and politics. The name "Bandra" possibly originates from the Persian word for port, or "bandar." It is described by Duncan Forbes's A Dictionary, Hindustani and English(1848) as "a city; an emporium; a port, harbor; a trading town to which numbers of foreign merchants resort". In Konkani, bandar is a loanword from Parsi (Persian) meaning harbour or port. The area along with the much of the Konkan region, was ruled by the Silhara dynasty in the 12th century. Bandra was a tiny fishing village inhabited by Kolis (fishermen) and salt farmers. The area was part of Portuguese Bombay territory extending from Damaon to Chaul, before its acquisition by the English East India Company. In 1534, Diego da Silveira, a pirate from the Mediterranean, entered Bandra's creek and burned the fishing town he found there With that, Bandra came under the rule of the Portuguese Goa. a period of Christianisation of Bandra. Father Manuel Gomes da Costa, a Catholic priest, was instrumental in increasing the Church's prominence in Bandra. In 1580, he baptised about 2,000 fishermen. By the time he died 11 years later, Father Gomes' "invincible strength of soul", as one historian describes it, had helped convert close to 6,000 people in the area.

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