Trombay

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Trombay
Suburb
Trombay Location in Mumbai, India
Coordinates: 19°00′N 72°54′E / 19.0°N 72.9°E / 19.0; 72.9Coordinates: 19°00′N 72°54′E / 19.0°N 72.9°E / 19.0; 72.9
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai Suburban
City	Mumbai
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Trombay is an eastern suburb in Bombay (Mumbai), India.

History[]

Atomic Reactor Trombay on 1965 stamp of India.

Trombay was called Neat's Tongue because of its shape. Once, it was an island nearly 5 km East of Mumbai and was about 8 km in length and 8 km in width. The island contains several ruins of Portuguese churches from the 1620s and 1630s.^[1]

1893 map showing Trombay

In 1928, the Great Indian Peninsular Railway opened the Trombay-Andheri line called the Salsette Trombay Railway or Central Salsette Tramway.^[2]

See also[]

• Anushakti Nagar

References[]