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Trombay

Suburb of Mumbai, India

Trombay

Suburb of Mumbai, India

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subdivision_name2Mumbai Suburban
subdivision_type3City
subdivision_name3Mumbai
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government_typeMunicipal corporation
governing_bodyBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
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Trombay is an eastern suburb of Mumbai (Bombay), India. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is located there.

History

Atomic Reactor Trombay on 1965 stamp of India.

In 1548, Trombay and Chembur were given to Dom Roque Tello de Menezes. The area contains several ruins of Portuguese churches from the 1620s and 1630s.

1893 map showing Trombay

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.

References

References

  1. Cunha, J. Gerson Da. (1900). "Origin Of Bombay".
  2. Gazetteers of the Bombay Presidency - Thana - http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/Thane-III/places_Trombay.html - Retrieved on 3 December 2010.
  3. "Untitled Document".
  4. "Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ( BARC ): About us".
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