Trombay
Suburb of Mumbai, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trombay is an eastern suburb of Mumbai (Bombay), India. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is located there.
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 Trombay Location in Mumbai, India | |
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| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Mumbai Suburban |
| City | Mumbai |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal corporation |
| • Body | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
History
In 1548, Trombay and Chembur were given to Dom Roque Tello de Menezes.[1] The area contains several ruins of Portuguese churches from the 1620s and 1630s.[2]
In 1928, the Great Indian Peninsular Railway opened the Trombay-Andheri line called the Salsette Trombay Railway or Central Salsette Tramway.[3]
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), originally called the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay, was established in Trombay in January 1954.[4]
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