Sion, Mumbai
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Sion (Marathi: शीव) is a suburb of Mumbai. The Marathi name for Sion is शीव (sheev), which means boundary or limit. In the 17th century the village formed the boundary between Mumbai and Salsette Island.
[edit] History
In 1543, the Portuguese took possession of the islands of Bombay by force. They called it Sião.[1]) The Portuguese gave the Jesuit priests the sole ownership of some of these islands. The Jesuits built a chapel on the hill (near the present-day railway station) and named it after Mount Zion (Sion) in Jerusalem.
[edit] Current status
Sion shares its name with a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Central Railway line. Sion is also a home to many educational institutes, namely K. J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering & Information Technology and S.I.E.S. College of Arts, Science and Commerce.
[edit] Notable former residents
- Mithun Chakraborthy
- Sadhana
- Boney Kapoor
- Anil Kapoor
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ D'Cunha, Jose Gerson (1900). "IV The Portuguese Period". The Origins of Bombay (3 ed.). Bombay: Asian Educational Services. pp. 265. ISBN 81-206-0815-1. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=miD5YO05jpUC&dq=the+origins+of+bombay&client=firefox-a. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
