Trombay is an eastern
suburb
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of
Mumbai
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(Bombay),
India
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. The
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is located there.
History

In 1548, Trombay and
Chembur
Chembur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, ͡ʃembuËɾ is an upmarket large suburb in central Mumbai, India. It belongs on the harbour line of suburban railways and offers the best connectivity with Mumbai Monorail, Santacruz- Chembur Link R ...
were given to
Dom Roque Tello de Menezes. The area contains several ruins of Portuguese churches from the 1620s and 1630s.

In 1928, the Great Indian Peninsular Railway opened the Trombay-Andheri line called the
Salsette Trombay Railway or Central Salsette Tramway.
The
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), originally called the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay, was established in Trombay in January 1954.
See also
*
Anushakti Nagar
References
{{Mumbai metropolitan area
Suburbs of Mumbai