Mulund
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Mulund is a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Central Railway line. It is located in northeast part of Mumbai, close to Thane.
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History
Till the mid to late 80s, this suburb was an idyllic sleepy hamlet. It was home to a large number of educated middle class residents. As a typical microcosm of mumbai, it had a cosmopolitan mix of Gujaratis, Maharashtrians, Tamil speakers, Malayalis, Kannadigas, Sindhis and Punjabis who lived in perfect harmony with each other. Testimony to this fact is the presence of various religious structures located close to each other with absolutely no communal or religious tension in the air. Prominent religious structures in Mulund are The Jain Temple in Zaver Road, The Bhakta Sangham Temple in P.K.Road. St.Pius Church on Madan Mohan Malviya Road, Balrajeshwar Temple on L.B.S.Road, Sarvodaya Parshwanath Temple in Sarvodaya Nagar and the Hanuman Temple in Mulund East.
Mulund is also home for quite some manufacturing establishments which were probably started in the post independence era. Notable amongst them are the pharmaceutical companies - Hoesct, Wellcome (Glaxo), Johnson and Johnson; engineering companies Richardson Cruddas, Agfa, Gabriel. As production shifts out of Mumbai, recent times have seen these establishments making way for modern shopping malls and luxury apartment complexes.
Towards the late 90s this suburb acquired a new hue with winds of globalisation slowly reaching the people here. Old buildings and structures gave way to big bright new malls and cineplexes. This change is most apparent along the L.B.S.Road which today is lined with attractions like Shopper's Stop Superstore, Nirmal Lifestyles Mall, Sachins, R-Mall and Big Bazaar. Skyscrapers have lined the landscape replacing old factories. Old tailors and garment cut piece stores have given way to readymade fashion boutiques.
Colleges
- KET's Vinayak Ganesh Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mulund East (http://www.vazecollege.net/newsite/default1.htm)
- Mulund College of Commerce (http://www.mccmulund.com)
- Wamanrao Muranjan Madhyamik Vidyalay (http://www.sharadanilayam.org)
- Other Colleges (http://www.mulundhunt.com/colleges/index.htm)
Famous Schools
- Vani Vidyalaya High School and Junior College (West)
- St.Pius X High School (West)
- St.Mary's Convent (West)
- Friends Cooperative School (West)
- Sharon English High School (West)
- Sou Laxmibai English Medium School (East)
- Holy Angels High School (East)
- V.P.M (Vidya Prasarak Mandal) High School (East)
Events & Incidents
- Bomb blast in train - March 13, 2003.
External Links
- Chalo Mumbai/Mid day - Mulund (http://www.chalomumbai.com/metro/mulund/default.htm)
- Mulundonline.com (http://www.mulundonline.com)
- Mulundhunt.com (http://www.mulundhunt.com)
- MarathiWorld (http://www.marathiworld.com)