Editing Dadar (section)

==History==
===Origins===
[[File:Portuguese church dadar 3.jpg|thumb|Portuguese Church, Dadar (West)]]

In the 16th century, the area was known as lower [[Mahim]] as it was located on the island of Mahim, one of the [[Seven islands of Mumbai]] which, after the Bombay Island, was the most important during the whole of the Portuguese period.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Portuguese Church|url=http://salvacaochurch.tripod.com/id12.html|website=Salvacaochurch.tripod.com|access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref> The Portuguese [[Franciscans]] built a church here in 1596 called ''Nossa Senhora de Salvação'', which is popularly known today as [[Portuguese Church (Mumbai)|Portuguese Church]] and is a familiar Dadar landmark.<ref>[http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/greater_bombay/history.html#4]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914164232/http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/greater_bombay/history.html|date=2008-09-14}}</ref>

===19th and 20th century ===
The Dadar-[[Matunga]]-[[Wadala]]-[[Sion, India|Sion]] scheme of 1899-1900 was the first planned scheme in Mumbai. The [[Bombay Improvement Trust]] devised the plan to relieve congestion in the centre of the town following the [[Plague (disease)|plague epidemic]]s of the 1890s. According to the survey plan, 60,000 people were to be housed at Dadar-Matunga and an equal number in Sion-[[Matunga]]. 85,000 people were to be accommodated in the developments in [[Sewri]]-[[Wadala]].

Among the institutions moved to Dadar under the City Improvement Trust (CIT)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/dadar.html|title=Dadar, Matunga, Wadala, Sion: Mumbai/Bombay pages|website=Theory.tifr.res.in|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> plan were [[Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute]], now known as Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute and King George school, now known as IES' [[Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya]] (now a collection of several schools). The plan regulated constructions and restricted building construction to three storey high with open space between them.

[[Ramnarain Ruia College]] in 1937 and Ramniranjan Podar College was founded in 1939, completing Dadar’s transition from a residential area to a more diverse neighborhood.  Both colleges are run by SP Mandali. [[Dr. Antonio Da Silva High School and Junior College of Commerce|Dr. Antonio Da Silva High School]], founded in 1851 during the [[British India]] period, and one of Mumbai’s oldest schools, is located here.

During the cotton mill era of Mumbai, some key mills like Bombay Dyeing (Spring Mills), Gold Mohur Mills, Kohinoor Mills, Ruby Mills and Tata Mills were located in Dadar. During the [[redevelopment of Mumbai mills]] some of these were redeveloped or went defunct.

By 1937 [[Shivaji Park]] and the surrounding areas were developed. The public space was to become an important stage in the political drama leading up to [[Indian independence movement|India's independence]]. Later political history in Mumbai also unfolded in this park.

The Sharadashram society as well as a school built in 1948-50 are the biggest landmarks of Dadar. Sharadashram society is Asia's first registered society as well as first society in [[Mumbai]].

During the [[1993 Bombay bombings]], a defused bomb was discovered in Dadar by Dr. JK Mandot who also provided the [[Mumbai Police|Mumbai police]] their first clue in the 1993 blasts probe, when on 13 March 1993, he alerted them about a dubious-looking Bajaj Chetak scooter (MH-04-Z-261) parked outside his dispensary on Naigaum Cross Road. The scooter, laden with RDX, had failed to explode, and was defused after Mandot's call to the police control room.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/doctor-whose-curiosity-triggered-a-blast-and-saved-lives/1091643/|title=Doctor whose curiosity triggered a blast and saved lives - Indian Express|website=Archive.indianexpress.com|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

===21st century ===
Dadar has growing importance in the present day because of its railway routes. The old [[chawl]]s are giving way to new high-rise buildings, thus changing the neighbourhood's skyline. The Khodadad circle and its surrounding buildings are a heritage site of Grade IIB.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbais-dhobi-ghat-now-a-grade-iib-heritage-site-3739259/|title=Mumbai's Dhobi Ghat now a Grade-IIB heritage site|date=2016-11-06|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>

[[File:Mumbai 03-2016 83 Mahim mill.jpg|thumb|Former [[Redevelopment of Mumbai mills|cotton mill]] in Dadar]]