Sewri
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Sewri is a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway.
Neighbouring stations: Cotton Green, Wadala Road
Sewri (pronounced as Shivdi) was a small hamlet on the eastern shore of the Parel island, one of the original seven islands that formed Mumbai. Sewri has a fort that dates back to 1770. The Agri-Horticultural Society had established gardens at Sewri, which were acquired in 1865 by Arthur Crawford, then the Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, for building an European cemetery.Large parts of Sewri belong to the Bombay Port Trust and were incorporated into the harbour facilities. In 1996 the mangrove swamps of Sewri were declared a protected ecology. Template:India-geo-stub