Editing Chembur (section)

==History==
Before reclamation, Chembur lay on the north-western corner of [[Trombay Island]]. It is suggested that Chembur is the same place referred to as Saimur by the Arab writers(915–1137), Sibor in [[Cosmas Indicopleustes]](535), Chemula in the [[Kanheri Caves|Kanheri cave inscriptions]](300–500), Symulla by the author of the [[Periplus of the Erythraean Sea]](247), Symulla or Timulla by Ptolemy(150), and perhaps even Perimula by [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] (A.D. 77).<ref name="maharashtra.gov.in">[http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/Thane-III/places_Chembur.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615054341/http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/Thane-III/places_Chembur.html|date=15 June 2011}}</ref> This is, however, disputed. Chembur is also said to be a reference to Chevul at the mouth of the [[Kundalika River]] on mainland Maharashtra. Later, the area occupied was said to have occupied a branch of an animal home.<ref name="maharashtra.gov.in"/>

[[File:IslandsofBombay1893.jpg|thumb|1893 map showing Chembur in the North-West of Trombay Island]]

The [[Bombay Presidency Golf Club]] was established in 1827, and was later re-built to meet international standards.<ref>Times of India - Chembur Ghatkopar Plus - {{cite web|url=http://chemburghatkoparplus.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?Page%3Darticle%26comments%3Dtrue%26sectname%3DEntertainment%26sectid%3D10%26contentid%3D2007101320071012141919203eb32847e |title=Untitled Document |access-date=2010-12-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714133158/http://chemburghatkoparplus.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&comments=true&sectname=Entertainment&sectid=10&contentid=2007101320071012141919203eb32847e |archive-date=2011-07-14 }} - Retrieved on 3 December 2010</ref> No major activity occurred until the Kurla-Chembur single railway line was built in 1906 for garbage trains. The line was opened to passenger traffic in 1924.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: IR History: Part 3|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=2020-01-13|archive-date=23 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123035311/https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After construction activity in the 1920s, Chembur was finally opened up in the 1930s. It was made part of Bombay City in 1945.<ref>TIFR Mumbai pages - http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/ghatkopar.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121114222/http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/ghatkopar.html |date=21 November 2010 }} - Retrieved on 5 December 2010</ref>

After independence, Chembur was one of the sites where refugee camps were set up to settle [[Sindhi Hindu]] refugees after [[Partition of India|partition]].<ref>Indian Express - {{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19980926/26950934.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-12-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419030828/http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19980926/26950934.html |archive-date=2010-04-19 }} - Retrieved on 3 December 2010</ref> The industrialisation of [[Trombay]] during and after [[World War II]] led to the demand for housing and the growth of Chembur thereafter.<ref>TIFR Mumbai Pages - http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/mankhurd.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106080948/http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/mankhurd.html |date=6 November 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981215/34950814.html |title=Sorry |publisher=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=10 October 2012 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_disaster-is-around-the-corner-for-mumbai_1327579 |title=Disaster is around the corner for Mumbai |newspaper=[[DNA India]] |date=26 December 2006 |access-date=10 October 2012 |archive-date=27 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927222221/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_disaster-is-around-the-corner-for-mumbai_1327579 |url-status=live }}</ref>