Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Malad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Malad (Marathi: मालाड) is a suburb of Mumbai, India. It is also the name of the railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway (India) railway line, located in the Malad suburb.

History

In the 19th century, the
Orlem (also known as Valnai) was a hamlet of just about 12 families in Malad. In 1880, Fr. Joseph Maria Braz de Souza built a private chapel dedicated to our Lady of Lourdes at Orlem. In 1882, the chapel was officially declared a part of the Apostolate of Bombay and affiliated to the church of Our Lady of Assumption, Kandivali. Later, Fr. Justin built the first school, the St Anne's High School, in 1915. Through his efforts, Orlem was constituted a separate parish, in a decree dated July 2, 1916. read more...

Demographics:
The approximate population is 561,938 with an additional day-time floating population of 1,00,000. Malad, in keeping with the diverse nature of Mumbai, has a mix of people from all over India. The original Inhabitants are the Koli community, which thrived in pockets, such as Marve, Malwani, Madh and Manori Island. read more...



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