Sion, Mumbai
Sion (Marathi: शीव) (Hindi: सायन) 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.
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.
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.
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.
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