Dahisar

Located just inside the city limits, Dahisar is the northernmost neighborhood of Mumbai.OriginsThe origin of the word 'Dahisar' may be related to the ten Hamlets that made up this village. "Dahi" stands for "ten" in the language of Agris, Kolis, Warlis and Dublis, the original residents of Dahisar. Gaothan, Kandarpada, Navagaon, Ovaripada, Ghartanpada, Ketakipada, Rawalpada, Dahivali, Bhagalipada, Wadarypada are the ten original Hamlets of Dahisar.HistoryThere is a record of continuous habitation since the 1630s, per parish records of the Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church.The original residents of Dahisar are the East Indians, Panchkalshi, Agri and Koli, who still live primarily in the hamlets of Kandarpada and Gaothan and the tribes who lived in the hills surrounding Dahisar - the Warlis and Dublis.With the construction of the railway line connecting Dahisar to the city of Mumbai in 1867, came the first lot of migrants, the people from Sindhudurg region of Konkan. These migrants established the first planned residential areas of Dahisar - Maratha Colony in Dahisar East and Mhatre Wadi in the West. The Railway authorities wanted to name the Railhead at Dahisar as Mount Poinsur, but the locals opposed this move and forced the authorities to name it as Dahisar.Medina Manzil, Patel Colony, Zainab Baugh, Sanjeevani, Gol Building and Mankarnika were amongst the first apartment style residential areas of Dahisar. The 1970s saw the setting up of residential areas of Gokul and Shailendra Nagar. The 1980s and 1990s saw a spurt in the development of residential complexes. Anand Nagar was the first of the very large residential complexes to be built in Dahisar Followed by Misquitta Nagar and Avdhooth nagar.