Mulund
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Mulund is a prosperous suburb located in the northeast of Mumbai. It is accessible by rail on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Central Railway line.
It is among the more affluent suburbs of Mumbai, nestled away nicely alongside the foothills of the Borivli National Park with easy access to the Eastern Express Highway and Navi Mumbai through the Mulund-Airoli bridge.
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History
Till the mid 50's 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 to several prominent manufacturing establishments. Notable among them are the pharmaceutical companies - Hoechst, Wellcome (Glaxo), Merind and Johnson & Johnson. Engineering companies like Richardson Cruddas, Agfa & Gabriel are also around. As production shifts out of Mumbai, recent times have seen these establishments making way for modern shopping malls and luxurious 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 fashion boutiques.
Colleges
- KET's Vinayak Ganesh Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mulund East
- Mulund College of Commerce
- Wamanrao Muranjan Madhyamik Vidyalay
Prominent Schools
- Vani Vidyalaya High School and Junior College (West)
- St.Pius X High School (West)
- St.Mary's Convent (West)
- Friends Cooperative School (West)
- Sampson English High 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)
- Jnana Sarita Gujarati High School (West)
- Nav Bharat Nutan Vidyalaya (West)
- Lokmanya Tilak English High School (Vaze Foundation) (West)
Movie Halls in Mulund
- R Adlabs 4-screens (at R-Mall, Mulund West)1
- PVR 8-screens (at Nirmal Lifestyles, Mulund West)
- Jai Ganesh (Near Rly Station, Mulund East)
- Mehul Cinema (Mulund West)
- Deepmandir Cinema (Mulund West)
Hospitals and Medical Establishments in Mulund
- Wockhardt Hospitals [ http://www.wockhardthospitals.net/general/mumbai.asp 1]
- Ashwini Hospital at Paanch Raasta - Mulund West
- Aditi Hospital at P.K.Road - Mulund West
- Jas Raj Hospital at M.G.Road - Mulund West
- E.S.I.S Hospital at Dr.R.P.Road - Mulund West
Events & Incidents
External Links
- Chalo Mumbai/Mid day - Mulund
- Mulundonline.com
- MarathiWorld
- Mulund College of Commerce
- Wockhardt Hospitals
- IIT Bombay Train Guide to Mulund
- Central Railway Time-Table
- Mulund Photo Gallery
| Mulund | ||||
| Next station south: Bhandup | Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway | Next station north: Thane | ||
| Stop No:17 | KM from starting:30 | Platforms:4 | ||
| These are the 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 | Mulund | Thane |
