Kurla is a major suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of one the busiest railway stations on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) (near Kurla)is a train terminus for some out-station passenger/express trains
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History
I actual terms, suburb Kurla is called to be as coorla. The name of Kurla has originated from a name of a small fish "Kurli". This suburb is built on a seawater where earlier these small fishes were found. In 1918, the Bombay city limits were expanded out to Kurla. A new railway line connecting Kurla to Chembur was constructed and then extended to Mankhurd. A spate of building activity took place in the 1920s. Kurla railway station has railway lines connected from both the Central Railway and Harbour railway. The Bandra-Kurla Commercial Complex added to the commercial value of Kurla. Prominent business communities in Kurla are Marwaries, Kutchhies, Sindhies, Patels and Gujaraties. Kurla has a large number of muslim population. Famous shops in Kurla are Deepak Farsan, Readymade Centre, Nagarik Stores, Arpan Shopping Arcade, Thakkar Stores, Swastik Sweets, Dugad Market, etc.
Localities
Some of the residential areas in Kurla include:
- Pipe Road is most popular and crowded area in kurla west.
- Vinobha Bhave Nagar is surrounded by slums called "RAM BACHCHAN KA TABELA"
- LIG and MIG Colony at Vinobha Bhave Nagar is also famous.
- Nehru Nagar: The Government Dairy is located in this area; it has Mumbai's second biggest BEST depot
- Kamgar Nagar: A residential area with row houses (now developed as bungalows)
- Shriv Shrusti: A residential colony near the bus depot
- Chhadva Nagar: A residential colony near Bhabha Hospital
- Murli Milan Society: A residential colony near Bhabha Hospital
- ST Bus depot for state transport.
- Connected to Locmanaya Railway, terminal
- Other important localities in Kurla West are CST Road, Taximen's colony, Station Road, Gol Building, Subhash Nagar, Brahminwadi, etc.
Education
Kurla has one engineering college, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, and several schools. Some of the schools in Kurla are S. K. P. Walavalkar High School Marathi and English Medium ,Anjuman-e-Islam, Green Bombay High School, Anjuman Tabligul Islam, Swami Vivekanand High School and College, Holy Cross High School (Kurla), Karthika High School, Kedarnath Vidya Prasarini (KVP) English High School and Michael High School), Shree Gujarati Samaj Vidhyalaya.
Football Club in Kurla
1)team playing for M.D.F.A.(mumbai district football association) HEARTS Sports Club, Shiv-Srushti, Kurla (E)
Important Personalities
- Shaikh Shamim Ahmed (Ex.MLA and senior congress leader)
- Nawab Malik (MLA)
- Prof.Ilyas Shauqi
- Mahdi Azmi (Urdu Poet)
- Obaid Azam Azmi (great Urdu Poet & respectale Prosodian)
- Shantaram Naik [Senior Shivsena Leader]
- Rajendra Lad MNC CORPORATOR
See also
| Kurla | ||||
| Next station south: Sion, India |
Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway | Next station north: Vidyavihar |
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| Stop No:11 | KM from starting:? | Platforms:8 | ||
| Stations on Central line of Mumbai Suburban Railway |
| Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus • Masjid • Sandhurst Road • Byculla • Chinchpokli • Currey Road • Parel • Dadar • Matunga • Sion • Kurla • Vidyavihar • Ghatkopar • Vikhroli • Kanjurmarg • Bhandup • Nahur • Mulund • Thane |
| Kurla | ||||
| Next station south: Chunabhatti |
Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line) | Next station north: Tilak Nagar (Mumbai) |
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| Stop No:11 | KM from starting:? | Platforms:8 | ||
| These are the stations on Central (Harbour) line of Mumbai suburban railway |
| Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus | Masjid | Sandhurst Road | Dockyard Road | Reay Road | Cotton Green | Sewri |
| Vadala Road | Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar | Chunabhatti | Kurla | Tilak Nagar | Chembur | Govandi | Mankhurd | Vashi | Sanpada | Juinagar | Nerul | Seawoods | C.B.D. Belapur | Khargar | Mansarovar | Khandeshwar | Panvel |
| Vadala Road | King's Circle | Mahim | Bandra | Khar Road | Santacruz | Vile Parle | Andheri |
