Andheri
Andheri is a suburb of Mumbai, situated in the west of the city. It is also a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway, Western line. It has a population of 1500000 and is the largest suburb of Mumbai.HistoryThe oldest settlements in and around Andheri were those of the East Indians, the natives whose villages survive in Pump House, Marol, Chakala, Gundowli, Sahar, Saki Naka, etc. The name Andheri was derived from Udayanagari, the name of a hill near the Mahakali caves.Another concentration of the native East Indians was located on the former islet of Versova, also known as Vasave.In the early 1900s, as urbanization spread from Bombay northwards, Marathi, Gujarati and other settlers began to colonize the area.In the 1940s the British built the Versova Causeway (the Versova Road) between Andheri on Sashti Island and the islet of Versova. The area on both sides of this causeway were rapidly filled in to develop areas now known as Lokhandwala Complex, Yamuna Nagar, Millat Nagar, Dhake Colony, D.N. Nagar, Four Bungalows, Seven Bungalows, etc.One of the earliest colonies is the Dhake Colony on Versova Road, West Andheri. The five buildings of Dhake Colony were built around 1950. The area is now known as D.N. Nagar.
