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org">Mahim</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">Neighbourhood</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahim_bay_skyline.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mahim and Mahim Bay"><img alt="Mahim and Mahim Bay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Mahim_bay_skyline.jpg/250px-Mahim_bay_skyline.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Mahim_bay_skyline.jpg/375px-Mahim_bay_skyline.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Mahim_bay_skyline.jpg/500px-Mahim_bay_skyline.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1152" data-file-height="864" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Mahim and Mahim Bay</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/India_Maharashtra_location_map.svg/250px-India_Maharashtra_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/India_Maharashtra_location_map.svg/375px-India_Maharashtra_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/India_Maharashtra_location_map.svg/500px-India_Maharashtra_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1233" data-file-height="901" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:46.929%;left:5.455%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mahim"><img alt="Mahim" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="padding-top:0.2em"></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of India</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mahim&params=19.035_N_72.84_E_type:city(83662)_region:IN-MH"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">19°02′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">72°50′24″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">19.035°N 72.84°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">19.035; 72.84</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">India</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mumbai_City_district" title="Mumbai City district">Mumbai City</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Municipal corporation</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Brihanmumbai_Municipal_Corporation" title="Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation">Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation</a> (MCGM)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">83,662</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mahimkar, Mahimiite</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official Co-official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> English</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">022</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mahim</b> (<a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>: <span lang="mr">माहिम</span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="mr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Marathi" title="Help:IPA/Marathi">[maːˈɦiːm]</a></span>) is a neighbourhood in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, India. The <a href="/wiki/Mahim_Junction_railway_station" title="Mahim Junction railway station">Mahim Junction railway station</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Railway_zone" title="Western Railway zone">Western Railway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harbour_line_(Mumbai_Suburban_Railway)" title="Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)">Harbour Railway</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_Suburban_Railway" title="Mumbai Suburban Railway">Mumbai Suburban Railway network</a> is the last station of the <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_City_district" title="Mumbai City district">city</a>, as neighboring <a href="/wiki/Bandra" title="Bandra">Bandra</a> comes in Mumbai <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_Suburban_district" title="Mumbai Suburban district">Suburb</a>. Mahim is an ethnically and religiously diverse town and has a Hindu <a href="/wiki/Temple" title="Temple">temple</a>, church, <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parsis" title="Parsis">Parsi</a> <a href="/wiki/Fire_temple" title="Fire temple">fire-temple</a> existing within a few meters of each other. The town has a large Rich and Upper Middle class <a href="/wiki/Marathi_people" title="Marathi people">Marathi</a> population, as well as <a href="/wiki/Sindhis" title="Sindhis">Sindhi</a> population. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahim&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seven_Islands_of_Bombay_(mul).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Seven_Islands_of_Bombay_%28mul%29.svg/160px-Seven_Islands_of_Bombay_%28mul%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Seven_Islands_of_Bombay_%28mul%29.svg/240px-Seven_Islands_of_Bombay_%28mul%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Seven_Islands_of_Bombay_%28mul%29.svg/320px-Seven_Islands_of_Bombay_%28mul%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="940" data-file-height="1700" /></a><figcaption>Former <a href="/wiki/Seven_Islands_of_Bombay" title="Seven Islands of Bombay">Seven Islands of Bombay</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The name Mahim is derived from the ancient <i>Mahikavati</i> meaning "miraculous" in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>. Other historical names for the area include <i>Mahimawati,</i> <i>Maijim</i>, and <i>Mejambu</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-origins_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-origins-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mahim was one of the seven islands that originally made up <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>. Mahim, or Mahikavati as it was known, was the capital of <a href="/wiki/Bhima_of_Mahikavati" title="Bhima of Mahikavati">Raja Bhimdev</a>, who reigned over the region in the 13th century. He built a palace and a court of justice in <a href="/wiki/Prabhadevi" title="Prabhadevi">Prabhadevi</a>, as well as the first <a href="/wiki/Babulnath_Temple" title="Babulnath Temple">Babulnath Temple</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahim_Dargah_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Mahim_Dargah_4.jpg/220px-Mahim_Dargah_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Mahim_Dargah_4.jpg/330px-Mahim_Dargah_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Mahim_Dargah_4.jpg/440px-Mahim_Dargah_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dargah" title="Dargah">Dargah</a> of Mahimi in Mahim</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1343, this island was possessed by the <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Sultanate" title="Delhi Sultanate">Delhi Sultanate</a>. It was in their reign that the old Mahim mosque was built. A <a href="/wiki/Dargah" title="Dargah">dargah</a> of <a href="/wiki/Makhdoom_Ali_Mahimi" title="Makhdoom Ali Mahimi">Makhdoom Ali Mahimi</a> was built here in 1431. </p><p>In 1543, the Portuguese captured the islands of Mumbai. In 1662, these islands were given to the English King, <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">King Charles II</a>, as a part of the wedding dowry for the Portuguese princess, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Braganza" title="Catherine of Braganza">Catherine of Braganza</a>. After the British acquired Mumbai, they built the <a href="/wiki/Mahim_Fort" title="Mahim Fort">Mahim Fort</a> here to protect themselves from the <a href="/wiki/Marathas" class="mw-redirect" title="Marathas">Marathas</a>. </p><p>The causeway connecting Mahim and Bandra (corrupted from "Bunder" meaning port in <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>) was completed in 1845 at a cost of Rs. 1,57,000 donated entirely by Lady <a href="/wiki/Avabai_Jamsetjee_Jeejeebhoy" title="Avabai Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy">Avabai Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy</a>, wife of the first <a href="/wiki/Baronet" title="Baronet">baronet</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Jamsetjee_Jejeebhoy" title="Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy">Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy</a> with a stipulation that no toll would be charged to citizens for its use by the government. </p><p>In 1847, a small group of Scottish missionaries decided to start a new school, now one of the most high-profile schools in Mumbai — the <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Scottish_School,_Mahim" title="Bombay Scottish School, Mahim">Bombay Scottish School</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1993_Bombay_bombings" title="1993 Bombay bombings">1993 Bombay bombings</a> took place in Mahim among other places. A truck driver placed a vehicle here and put a bomb there which exploded. </p><p>The town is also in close proximity to the remarkable Maharashtra Nature Park. This park has been created out of a garbage dump, and houses a bird sanctuary. It houses 12,500 varieties of plants and several rare birds including flamingos. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mahim_Fort">Mahim Fort</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahim&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mahim Fort"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahim_Fort_13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Mahim_Fort_13.jpg/220px-Mahim_Fort_13.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Mahim_Fort_13.jpg/330px-Mahim_Fort_13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Mahim_Fort_13.jpg/440px-Mahim_Fort_13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Mahim Fort</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Mahim_Fort" title="Mahim Fort">Mahim Fort</a>, which was once visible from the <a href="/wiki/Mahim_Causeway" title="Mahim Causeway">Mahim Causeway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bandra_reclamation" class="mw-redirect" title="Bandra reclamation">Bandra Reclamation</a>, is barely visible now. The Mahim Fort along with Fort St George in South Mumbai was an important base during the time of the British Empire. Other forts in Mumbai and <a href="/wiki/Salsette_Island" title="Salsette Island">Salsette Island</a> include <a href="/wiki/Sion,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Sion, India">Sion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Worli" title="Worli">Worli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sewri" title="Sewri">Sewri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mazagaon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mazagaon">Mazagaon</a>. Fort St George was built in 1669, by the former Governor of Bombay, Gerald Aungier. </p><p>Thomas Grantham then strengthened the fort's ramparts in 1684. In 1772, 111 years after Bombay was taken from them, the Portuguese attempted to attack this fort. The British replied fiercely with cannonballs. The Bandra church also bore the brunt of their fire. There were about 100 soldiers and 30 cannons in the Mahim Fort at that time. </p><p>The fort is situated just beside Mahim beach. Today the fort is almost ruined and encroachers and hutments occupy it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahim&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town has a large and strong base of upper middle class and rich <a href="/wiki/Marathi_people" title="Marathi people">Marathi</a> people and is also home to several <a href="/wiki/Marathi_cinema" title="Marathi cinema">Marathi</a> actors. The largest ethnic minority group being <a href="/wiki/Goans" title="Goans">Goans</a> (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese</a> descent) followed by <a href="/wiki/Dravidian_peoples" title="Dravidian peoples">South Indians</a> (mostly from <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamilnadu</a>). Mahim is also home to a significant number of <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_people" title="Gujarati people">Gujaratis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengalis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sindhis" title="Sindhis">Sindhis</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> is the most followed religion while <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> are the second and third most followed religions respectively. There is also a small community of <a href="/wiki/Parsis" title="Parsis">Parsis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zorastrians</a>) <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhists</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jains</a> residing in Mahim. Mahim is considered to be Mumbai's <a href="/wiki/Ethnicity" title="Ethnicity">ethnically</a>, <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religiously</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">linguistically</a> most diverse town. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahim&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bwsl_night222.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Bwsl_night222.jpg/220px-Bwsl_night222.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Bwsl_night222.jpg/330px-Bwsl_night222.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Bwsl_night222.jpg/440px-Bwsl_night222.jpg 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="408" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bandra%E2%80%93Worli_Sea_Link" title="Bandra–Worli Sea Link">Bandra–Worli Sea Link</a> across Mahim Bay</figcaption></figure> <p>Mahim is surrounded by the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> to the west, <a href="/wiki/Bandra" title="Bandra">Bandra</a> to the North, <a href="/wiki/Matunga" title="Matunga">Matunga</a> (West) and <a href="/wiki/Dadar" title="Dadar">Dadar</a> to South and by and <a href="/wiki/Sion,_Mumbai" title="Sion, Mumbai">Sion</a> to the east. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mahim_Bay">Mahim Bay</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahim&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mahim Bay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Mahim_Bay" title="Mahim Bay">Mahim Bay</a> is a large bay, part of the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> in Mumbai. The southern end is <a href="/wiki/Worli" title="Worli">Worli</a>, the northern end is <a href="/wiki/Bandra" title="Bandra">Bandra</a> Reclamation and Mahim is in the centre. The bay was named after the islands of Mahim and <a href="/wiki/Salsette" class="mw-redirect" title="Salsette">Salsette</a> were merged in the early 19th century. The <a href="/wiki/Mithi_River" title="Mithi River">Mithi River</a> drains into <a href="/wiki/Mahim_Creek" title="Mahim Creek">Mahim Creek</a>. </p><p>During the colonial era, the Portuguese built a watchtower called <a href="/wiki/Castella_de_Aguada" title="Castella de Aguada">Castella de Aguada</a> on the northern side. Later, the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British</a> built the <a href="/wiki/Worli_Fort" title="Worli Fort">Worli Fort</a> to the south and <a href="/wiki/Mahim_Fort" title="Mahim Fort">Mahim Fort</a> near the creek to defend the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Islands_of_Bombay" title="Seven Islands of Bombay">Seven Islands of Bombay</a> against attacks by the Portuguese and the <a href="/wiki/Marathas" class="mw-redirect" title="Marathas">Marathas</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Bandra%E2%80%93Worli_Sea_Link" title="Bandra–Worli Sea Link">Bandra–Worli Sea Link</a> crosses Mahim Bay. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mahimchi_Khadi_(Mahim_Creek)"><span id="Mahimchi_Khadi_.28Mahim_Creek.29"></span>Mahimchi Khadi (Mahim Creek)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahim&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mahimchi Khadi (Mahim Creek)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahim_creek.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Mahim_creek.jpg/220px-Mahim_creek.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Mahim_creek.jpg/330px-Mahim_creek.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Mahim_creek.jpg/440px-Mahim_creek.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Mahim Creek</figcaption></figure> <p>Mahim Creek is a 15 feet (4.6 m) deep <a href="/wiki/Creek_(tidal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Creek (tidal)">creek</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Mithi_River" title="Mithi River">Mithi River</a> drains into the creek which drains into the Mahim Bay. It forms the boundary between the <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Mumbai City">city</a> (<a href="/wiki/Churchgate" title="Churchgate">Churchgate</a> to Mahim) and <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_Suburban_district" title="Mumbai Suburban district">suburbs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bandra" title="Bandra">Bandra</a> to <a href="/wiki/Dahisar" title="Dahisar">Dahisar</a>) of Mumbai. The creek is swamped by <a href="/wiki/Mangrove" title="Mangrove">mangroves</a> and has a mini-ecosystem. </p><p>It now has the <a href="/wiki/Bandra_Kurla_Complex" title="Bandra Kurla Complex">Bandra Kurla Complex</a> with corporate offices on both its sides. </p><p>The waters of the creek are foul smelling due to the dumping of untreated industrial effluents upstream. In recent years, the mushrooming of slums around the waters has caused concern for the mangrove ecosystem, vital to the ecosystem of Mumbai. </p><p>In 2006, it was the site of <a href="/wiki/2006_Mumbai_sweet_seawater_incident" title="2006 Mumbai sweet seawater incident">mass hysteria</a> as thousands claimed its waters had turned "sweet." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahim&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The nearest railway station is <a href="/wiki/Mahim_Junction_railway_station" title="Mahim Junction railway station">Mahim Junction</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Western_line_(Mumbai_Suburban_Railway)" title="Western line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)">Western line</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harbour_line_(Mumbai_Suburban_Railway)" title="Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)">Harbour Line</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_Suburban_Railway" title="Mumbai Suburban Railway">Mumbai Suburban Railway</a> network. The station is an important Junction as it connects Western Suburbs (till <a href="/wiki/Goregaon" title="Goregaon">Goregaon</a>) with <a href="/wiki/Harbour_line_(Mumbai_Suburban_Railway)" title="Harbour line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)">Harbour line</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shivaji_Terminus" title="Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus">CSMT</a> to <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Circle_railway_station" title="King's Circle railway station">Kings Circle</a>). Taxis and buses are widely used by the locals and auto rickshaws are not allowed. The <a href="/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shivaji_Maharaj_International_Airport" title="Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport">Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport</a> is just 4 kilometers away from the town. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mahim_Causeway">Mahim Causeway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahim&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Mahim Causeway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahim_Causeway_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Mahim_Causeway_2.jpg/220px-Mahim_Causeway_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Mahim_Causeway_2.jpg/330px-Mahim_Causeway_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Mahim_Causeway_2.jpg/440px-Mahim_Causeway_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>The Mahim Causeway, Koliwada Creek Bridge</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Mahim_Causeway" title="Mahim Causeway">Mahim Causeway</a> is a vital link road connecting the neighborhoods of Mahim in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_City_district" title="Mumbai City district">Mumbai City district</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bandra" title="Bandra">Bandra</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_Suburban_district" title="Mumbai Suburban district">Mumbai Suburban district</a>. </p><p>The Mahim Causeway was built between 1841 and 1846 to connect the island of Salsette with Mahim. The swampy area between the two islands made travel dangerous and thus a need for a causeway arose. The <a href="/wiki/British_East_India_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="British East India Company">British East India Company</a>, which governed Bombay at that time, refused to fund the project. This led <a href="/wiki/Avabai_Jamsetjee_Jeejeebhoy" title="Avabai Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy">Lady Jeejeebhoy</a>, wife of the first baronet Sir <a href="/wiki/Jamsetjee_Jejeebhoy" title="Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy">Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy</a>, to donate the entire amount of <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>157,000/- on the condition that the government would not charge a toll for its use or disturb the <a href="/wiki/Koli_people" title="Koli people">Koli</a> community who lived around the area.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Mahim Causeway forms the link between <a href="/wiki/Swami_Vivekanand_Road_(Mumbai)" title="Swami Vivekanand Road (Mumbai)">Swami Vivekanand Road</a> and L.J. Road, being the stretch between Bandra Masjid and Mahim Church (<a href="/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Church,_Mumbai" title="St. Michael's Church, Mumbai">St. Michael's Church</a>). It is not to be confused with the <a href="/wiki/Bandra%E2%80%93Worli_Sea_Link" title="Bandra–Worli Sea Link">Bandra–Worli Sea Link</a>, a major infrastructural project opened on 30 June 2009 which is designed to ease traffic across the causeway by building another bridge across the Mahim Bay. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schools_and_educational_institutions">Schools and educational institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahim&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Schools and educational institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mahim has a number of schools and educational institutions. Some of the well-known schools are <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Scottish_School,_Mahim" title="Bombay Scottish School, Mahim">Bombay Scottish School</a>, Canossa Convent High School, K.J Khilnani High School, Victoria High School, Saraswati Mandir High School, Lokmanya Vidyamandir, Billa Bong school and St Michael High School). Reputed colleges and professional educational institutes such as <a href="/wiki/P._D._Hinduja_National_Hospital_and_Medical_Research_Centre" title="P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre">P. D. 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