Mahim (, ) is a neighbourhood in

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, India. The Mahim Junction railway station on the Western Railway and Harbour Railway of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network is the last station of the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

, as neighboring

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comes in Mumbai

Suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

. Mahim is an ethnically and religiously diverse town and has a Hindu

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, church,

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and

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fire-temple existing within a few meters of each other. The town has a large Rich and Upper Middle class

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population, as well as Sindhi population.

Mahim Fort

Mahim Fort, which was once visible from the

Mahim Causeway The Mahim Causeway is a vital link road connecting Mumbai City district/South Mumbai (Churchgate to Mahim) with its Northern and Western Mumbai Suburban district, Suburbs (Bandra to Dahisar). The causeway links the neighbourhoods of Mahim to the ...

and Bandra Reclamation, is barely visible now. The Mahim Fort along with Fort St George in South Mumbai was an important base during the time of the British Empire. Other forts in Mumbai and

Salsette Island Salsette Island (, , Sashti) is an island in Konkan division of the state of Maharashtra, along India's west coast. Administratively known as the Mumbai Suburban district, Mira Bhayander and a portion of Thana (Thane) lie on it; making it ...

include Sion,

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and Mazagaon.

Demographics

The town has a large and strong base of upper middle class and rich

people

Geography

Mahim is surrounded by the

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to the west,

to the North, Matunga (West) and

Dadar Dadar (Help:IPA/Marathi, ̪aːd̪əɾ is a densely populated residential and shopping neighbourhood in Mumbai. It is also a prominent railway and bus service hub with local and national connectivity. It is Mumbai's first planned area and i ...

to South and by and Sion to the east.

Transport

The nearest railway station is Mahim Junction on the Western line and Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. The station is an important Junction as it connects Western Suburbs (till

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) with Harbour line ( CSMT to Kings Circle). Taxis and buses are widely used by the locals and auto rickshaws are not allowed. The

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is just 4 kilometers away from the town.

Mahim Causeway

The

is a vital link road connecting the neighborhoods of Mahim in

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. The Mahim Causeway was built between 1841 and 1846 to connect the island of Salsette with Mahim. The swampy area between the two islands made travel dangerous and thus a need for a causeway arose. The

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, which governed Bombay at that time, refused to fund the project. This led Lady Jeejeebhoy, wife of the first baronet Sir

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, to donate the entire amount of 157,000/- on the condition that the government would not charge a toll for its use or disturb the

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community who lived around the area. The Mahim Causeway forms the link between Swami Vivekanand Road and L.J. Road, being the stretch between Bandra Masjid and Mahim Church ( St. Michael's Church). It is not to be confused with the

Bandra–Worli Sea Link The Bandra–Worli Sea Link (officially known as Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link) is a 5.6 km long, 8-lane wide cable-stayed bridge that links Bandra in the Western Suburbs (Mumbai), Western Suburbs of Mumbai with Worli in South Mumbai. It is the second ...

, a major infrastructural project opened on 30 June 2009 which is designed to ease traffic across the causeway by building another bridge across the Mahim Bay.

Schools and educational institutions

* Bombay Scottish School * P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre * St. Xavier's Technical Institute *

Xavier Institute of Engineering The Xavier Institute of Engineering (XIE), a sister institution of St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, is an engineering college in central Mumbai, established in the year 2005 to deliver technical education to all, with a preferential option for ec ...

References

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