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Chinchpokli
Neighbourhood in Mumbai City, Maharashtra, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1] The neighbourhood is named after the Marathi words for tamarind (chinch) and betel nut (pofali).[2][3][4]
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History
The Chinchpokli Railway station was opened on 9 December 1867.[5] There is a Jewish Cemetery, laid out by Elias David Sassoon in 1878, which lies parallel to the railway tracks.[6] In 1896, during the Bombay plague epidemic, the Chinchpokli Station was converted into medical transit place.[7] The Road bridge over the railway track, known as Arthur Bridge was built in 1915.[8] Kasturba Hospital run by Municipal Corporation is located in Chinchpokli West.[9][10] Opposite to this hospital lies the Mumbai Central Prison, also referred to as Arthur Road Jail. It was built in 1926.[11]
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