Mulund

Mulund is a suburb in north-east of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.It is also a railway station on the Central Railway line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is nestled alongside the foothills of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park with easy access to the Eastern Express Highway and Navi Mumbai through the Mulund-Airoli Bridge. Mulund marks the end of Mumbai city.HistoryHistorical records of Mulund date back to the time of Mauryan empire ruled by Prathestha Misr, the governor appointed by Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. Prathestha Misr was responsible for the development of Mulund and surrounding areas and its integration into the broader principality of Vidharbha rashtra.Mulund is the earliest planned neighborhood of Mumbai city. A gridiron plan was designed by architects Crown & Carter in 1922, which extends from present day Mulund railway station to Paanch Rasta road junction in Mulund (West).LocalitiesMulund is home to a cosmopolitan mix of large number of industrial factories along present day L.B.S. road, some of which are the pharmaceutical companies - Hoechst, Wellcome, Glaxo, Merind and Johnson & Johnson. Engineering companies like Richardson Cruddas, Bombay Oxygen, Chicago Pneumatic, ACC, Agfa & Gabriel were also around. Eventually these industrial units have shifted out of Mulund and have been converted to shopping malls and luxurious residence apartment complexes altering the landscape and skyline. Johnson and Johnson factory still remains one of the avant garde modern architectural landmarks of Mulund.