Bandra

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Bandra

( Wanaren, Bdndora, Vandra). — Town in the Salsette tdluka of Than a District, Bombay, situated in 19 3' N. and 72 50' E., on the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, at the southern extremity of Salsette island, at the point where that island is connected with the island of Bombay by a causeway and arched stone bridge, 9 miles north of Bombay city. Population (1901), 22,075, including 11,358 Hindus, 3,189 Musalmans, 1,307 Parsis, and 6,117 Christians.

With a few exceptions, the Christians are descended from local converts made by the Portuguese during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. There are numerous Roman Catholic churches in Salsette, many of which were destroyed by the Marathas after conquering the island in 1738. The buildings of special interest are the English Church and the Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount. Bandra was con- stituted a municipality in 1876. The municipal receipts during the decade ending 1901 averaged Rs. 71,000. In 1903-4 the income was a lakh, derived chiefly from water rate (Rs. 32,000) and house and land tax (Rs. 22,000).

In the municipal limits are included Bandra hill, 150 feet in height, with a flat, wooded crest, Bandra town, and the villages of Naupada, Khar, Pali, Varoda, Chimbai, Katwadi, Mala Sherli, Rajan, and Danda. The local industries are the tapping of palm-trees and fishing. The Bombay municipal slaughter-house is situated at the north end of the causeway. Since the opening of railway communication, Bandra has become a favourite place of resort for the citizens of Bombay. It possesses an orphanage and a convent known as St. Joseph's. The town contains a dispensary, a high school, a middle school for girls with 602 pupils, and two middle schools for boys with 575 pupils. There are also five verna- cular schools, four for boys with 267 pupils, and one for girls with 119. Public conveyances ply between the station and Bandra and Pall hills, where the European and Pars! residents chiefly live.