Sion, Mumbai

Sion शीव
suburb
K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering & Information Technology near Everard Nagar, Sion
Sion
Coordinates: 19°02′N 72°52′E / 19.04°N 72.86°E / 19.04; 72.86Coordinates: 19°02′N 72°52′E / 19.04°N 72.86°E / 19.04; 72.86
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai Suburban
Metro	Mumbai
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Sion is the last locality within the City limits of Mumbai. The Marathi name for Sion is Sheev (शीव), which means boundary or limit. In the 17th century the village formed the boundary between Mumbai and Salsette Island. Its surrounded by Kurla, GTB nagar and Dharavi.

One of the local historical places in Sion is a hilltop garden commonly known as Sion Fort or Sion Killa in native language Marathi.

History

In 1543, the Portuguese took possession of the islands of Bombay by force, naming it Sião.^[1] The Portuguese gave the Jesuit priests the sole ownership of some of these islands. The Jesuits then 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 also has its own bus depot.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Sion is also a home to many educational institutes, namely:

• Ayurved College Sion
• K. J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering & Information Technology
• SIES College of Commerce and Economics
• SIES College of Arts, Science, and Commerce
• Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil College of Engineering
• K.J. Somaiya Medical College and Research center.^[2]
• Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College(Sion hospital)
• Sadhana Vidyalaya^[3]

Notable former residents

• Mithun Chakraborthy
• Sadhana
• Boney Kapoor
• Anil Kapoor

See also

• K. J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering & Information Technology
• Sion Fort
• Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Mumbai

References

1. ↑ D'Cunha, Jose Gerson (1900). "IV The Portuguese Period". The Origins of Bombay (3 ed.). Bombay: Asian Educational Services. p. 265. ISBN 81-206-0815-1. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
2. ↑ "KJ Somaiya Medical College and Research Centre". Retrieved 2013-01-31. 
3. ↑ "Sadhana Vidyalaya, Sion, Mumbai". Retrieved 2013-10-27.