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The original name of the suburb "Vandre" originates from the Marathi word for monkeys, or "Vandr"{{Cite web |last=Agarwal |first=Somya |date=2024-06-07 |title=Rewind to the Roots {{!}} Know the former names of THESE 7 Mumbai neighbourhoods! |url=https://www.knocksense.com/mumbai/rewind-to-the-roots-know-the-former-names-of-these-7-mumbai-neighbourhoods#:~:text=Bandra%20was%20Vandre/Bandor/Bandar/Bandera&text=However,%20it%20is%20strongly%20suggested,Vandre%22%20-%20the%20original%20name. |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Knocksense |language=en}}."However, another theory suggests that "Bandra" possibly originates from the Persian word for port, or "bandar."{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/a-tour-through-mumbai-s-historical-neighbourhoods/|title=A Tour Through Mumbai's Historical Neighbourhoods|date=3 January 2016|access-date=19 January 2019|archive-date=19 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119230903/https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/a-tour-through-mumbai-s-historical-neighbourhoods/|url-status=live}} It is described by Duncan Forbes's A Dictionary, Hindustani and English (1848) as "a city; an emporium; a port, harbor; a trading town to which numbers of foreign merchants resort".{{cite book|author=Duncan Forbes|title=A Dictionary, Hindustani and English: To which is Added a Reversed Part, English and Hindustani|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7klIAAAAYAAJ|access-date=12 April 2012|year=1848|publisher=W.H. Allen|archive-date=4 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704152003/https://books.google.com/books?id=7klIAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}} In Konkani, bandar is a loanword from Parsi (Persian) meaning harbour or port.{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/stream/anenglishkonkan00bygoog/anenglishkonkan00bygoog_djvu.txt | title=An English-Konkani dictionary | year=1883 }}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1YILeUD_oZUC&dq=Konkani+word+port+bandar&pg=PA28 | title=A History of Konkani Literature: From 1500 to 1992 | isbn=9788172016647 | last1=Saradesāya | first1=Manohararāya | year=2000 | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | access-date=7 June 2022 | archive-date=4 July 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704152004/https://books.google.com/books?id=1YILeUD_oZUC&dq=Konkani+word+port+bandar&pg=PA28 | url-status=live }}

The area along with much of the Konkan region, was ruled by the Silhara dynasty in the 12th century. Bandra was a tiny fishing village inhabited by Kolis (fishermen) and salt farmers. The area was part of Portuguese Bombay territory extending from Damaon to Chaul, before its acquisition by the English East India Company.

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In 1534, Diego da Silveira, a pirate from the Mediterranean, entered Bandra's creek and burned the fishing town he found there. With that, Bandra came under the rule of the Portuguese Goa.{{Cite web|title=The East Indians of Bandra|url=http://www.east-indians.net/BANDRA.htm|access-date=10 March 2021|website=www.east-indians.net|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508032529/http://east-indians.net/BANDRA.htm|url-status=live}}

A period of Christianisation began in Bandra. Father Conceicao Rodrigues, a Catholic priest, was instrumental in increasing the Church's prominence in Bandra.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} In 1580, he baptised about 2,000 fishermen. By the time he died 11 years later, Father Gomes' "invincible strength of soul", as one historian describes it, had helped convert close to 6,000 people in the area.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} Father Gomes also established St Andrew's Church.

Bandra officially became a possession of the Portuguese East Indies, when the Sultanate of Cambay ceded Bandra and adjacent areas via the Treaty of Bassein (1534), which was signed aboard the brig named Sao Mateus (St Matthew) at Vasai (Bassein) harbour, aided by Governor-General Nuno da Cunha and Diego da Silveira. The Portuguese enfeoffed (gave) Bandra, Kurla, Mazgaon and four other villages in 1548 to António Pessoa; as a reward for his military services. This was confirmed by the Royal Chancellery on 2 February 1550.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

As these villages were given for a period of "two lives", they reverted to the Portuguese Crown after the death of Isabel Botelha, Pessoa's widow. In 1568, the Jesuits who had applied for acquisition of these villages in anticipation of Isabel's death, obtained them from the Portuguese viceroy in Goa, they received royal confirmation from Lisbon, in 1570.{{Citation |url=http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/have-bandras-xenophobes-forgotten-their-own-history-238786.html |title=Have Bandra's xenophobes forgotten their own history? |publisher=First Post |date=9 March 2012 |access-date=10 October 2015 |archive-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321011020/http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/have-bandras-xenophobes-forgotten-their-own-history-238786.html |url-status=live }}

In 1661, when Charles II of England married Catherine of Portugal, the Seven Islands of Bombay were given away as part of the dowry of Catherine Braganza.{{Citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2998461 |title=Catherine of Bragança (1638–1705) |publisher=BBC |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=4 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804220811/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2998461 |url-status=live }} However, Salsette island, on which Bandra laid, was not part of this treaty and remained with the Portuguese.{{Cite web |url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/greater_bombay/volume1.html |title=Greater Bombay District Gazetteer |series=Maharashtra State Gazetteers |volume=27 |year=1960 |access-date=13 August 2008 |publisher=Government of Maharashtra |page=174 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906220718/http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/greater_bombay/volume1.html |archive-date=6 September 2008}}

The Portuguese Empire built additional chapels, oratories& churches in Bandra, one of the earliest being St Andrew's Church in 1575. Their Jesuit missionaries, who learned local languages and cultures, attracted many Indian converts to Western Christianity (Catholicism) among the natives of the island. Their descendants continued their membership of the six Catholic parish churches—Mount Carmel, St. Peter's, St Andrew's, St Theresa's, St Anne's and St Francis d'Assisi; that lie within an area of four square kilometres.{{Citation |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-once-a-part-of-bandras-catholic-heritage-a-chapel-at-pali-hill-will-soon-be-history-1824997 |title=Mumbai: Once a part of Bandra's Catholic heritage, a chapel at Pali Hill will soon be history |publisher=DNA India |date=21 April 2013 |access-date=10 October 2015 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904022643/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-once-a-part-of-bandras-catholic-heritage-a-chapel-at-pali-hill-will-soon-be-history-1824997 |url-status=live }}

Bandra became part of English territory with the signing of the Treaty of Surat in 1775, but was retroceded to the Marathas in 1779 during the First Anglo-Maratha War. In 1802, Baji Rao II signed the Treaty of Bassein with the English, surrendering sovereignty and again ceding Bandra, and it remained under British control until 14 August 1947.

Arrival of Railways and development: On 12 April 1867, the first railway service was inaugurated, with one train per day between Virar and Bombay, as part of the then private rail company, BB&CI which was the earlier form of Western Railway. A grand railway station building for Bandra was inaugurated in 1869. The innovative aspects used in the design of this structure are visible to this day.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} On closer scrutiny, it is evident how railway tracks bunched together make up each of the iron pillars, that hold up the roof over the platforms. In 1873, with growing demands, the frequency of trains available was increased to 24 each day. In the early 1900s, the affluent Pathare Prabhu community lived in South Mumbai, and used their quaint bungalows in the Khar part of Bandra as weekend dwellings. Khar Danda was one of the original villages of the erstwhile larger Bandra. Back then, the local Bandra railway station was felt considerably far to alight from trains and hire 'tangas' (horse carriages) to get to their bungalows by these Bandra residents. Keeping these factors and Bandra's growing population in mind, a new railway station named 'Khar Road' was introduced adjoining Bandra Railway station on 1 July 1924. This development is the primary reason that the Khar part of Bandra started being referred to as a suburb by itself.{{cite news |title=July 02, 2014 |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/mumbai-khar-station-turns-90-38684.html?page=3 |publisher=IndiaTV |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-date=7 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007082039/https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/mumbai-khar-station-turns-90-38684.html?page=3 |url-status=live }} As late as the 1930s, Bandra had only one bus service from Pali Naka, Hill Road to the Railway station. Other people just walked to the nearest railway station. After World War II, the building boom began with an aim to accommodate immigrants. As of 2018, 940 trains stop daily at Bandra railway station.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Bandra was raised to the status of a municipality in 1876 and was then expanded.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} In 1950, following independence, it was merged into the Bombay Municipal Corporation to form the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay. Bandra consisted of many villages, among them Sherly, Malla, Rajan, Kantwady, Waroda, Ranwar, Boran, Khar Danda, Pali, and Chuim. These have almost been lost to urban development of the island.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

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The Bandra Fair is held during the eight days of the Octave of the Nativity of Our Lady, beginning 8 September, when people throng the church.[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=255163 Mount Mary fair begins today]{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Indian Express, 8 September 2007.[http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_devotees-throng-to-bandra-fair-on-opening-day-as-stall-owners-protest_1437121 "Devotees throng to Bandra Fair on opening day as stall owners protest"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001112943/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_devotees-throng-to-bandra-fair-on-opening-day-as-stall-owners-protest_1437121 |date=1 October 2012 }}, DNA (newspaper), 13 September 2010.

The first school founded in Bandra after Bombay passed on to the English was St Andrew's Parish School, started by Fr. Francisco de Melo in 1780 to teach catechism to the children of the parish. This later became St. Andrew's High School.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://saintandrewschoolbandra.in/content/history-0|publisher=St Andrew High School, Bandra|access-date=19 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331133206/http://saintandrewschoolbandra.in/content/history-0|archive-date=31 March 2012|url-status=dead}} The school is located in Bandra West.

St. Theresa's High School grew out of St. Andrew's Indian Christians' School, housed in a very dilapidated building situated in Old Khar. This school was founded in 1918. It was taken over by the Society of Divine Word (S.V.D). in 1952. It is counted among the best schools in Mumbai.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sthsboys.com/ |title=St. Theresa's High School |access-date=21 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412145712/http://www.sthsboys.com/ |archive-date=12 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}(no valid archive exists)

St. Stanislaus High School was founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus. It started as a Native Boy's orphanage. It became a high school in 1923 and was the first English medium school in the suburbs. Later, it grew to be a full-fledged educational institution for day-scholars as well as boarders. Cardinal Gracias High School is a convent school located in Bandra East. St. Joseph's Convent High School for girls is run by the nuns of the congregation of the Daughters of the Cross in Bandra West. It was built in 1865 (Bandra was then known as Bandora){{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-here-s-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-journey-from-bandora-to-bandra-2156323|title=Here's everything you need to know about the journey from Bandora to Bandra {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=16 December 2015|work=dna|access-date=26 May 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526112729/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-here-s-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-journey-from-bandora-to-bandra-2156323|url-status=live}} and boasts a chapel. The school has produced illustrious alumni over the years.{{cite web|url=http://sjcschoolbandra.org/alumnae/illustrious-alumni/|title=Illustrious Alumnae – St. Joseph's Convent School|website=sjcschoolbandra.org|access-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125131346/http://sjcschoolbandra.org/alumnae/illustrious-alumni/|archive-date=25 January 2017|url-status=dead}} R.D. National College was originally set up in 1922 in Hyderabad, Pakistan under the guidance of Annie Besant. In the run-up to the Partition of India, it was relocated to its present site in 1949 in Bandra. The Thadomal Shahani Engineering College was established in 1983 by the Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board.

The Rizvi Education Complex, located off Carter Road, comprises the Rizvi College of Arts, Science and Commerce (established in 1985); Rizvi High School (established in 1985); Rizvi College of Engineering (established in 1998); Rizvi College of Architecture; Rizvi College of Hotel Management & Catering Technology; Rizvi Law College; Rizvi College of Education and the Rizvi College of Fashion Designing & Creative Arts{{cite web|url=http://www.rizvi.edu.in/|title=Rizvi Education Society|website=www.rizvi.edu.in|access-date=12 January 2014|archive-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230101206/http://www.rizvi.edu.in/|url-status=live}} All are managed by the Rizvi Education Society, and may have the status of Muslim religious minority institution.

St. Andrew's College of Arts, Science and Commerce is another famous college located in the heart of Bandra, just a few hundred metres away from St. Stanislaus High School. St. Andrews boasts of one of the best auditoriums in the city.{{cite web|url=https://standrewscollege.ac.in/|title=St. Andrew's College|access-date=24 August 2020|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922064741/https://standrewscollege.ac.in/|url-status=live}}

IES's Management College an Research Centre is also located at Bandra Reclamation. It offers PGDM programs related to management and pharma.{{Cite web |date=17 December 2020 |title=IES's MCRC invites online application for PGDM batch 2021-23 |url=https://www.mcrc.ies.edu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406214942/https://news.careers360.com/iesmcrc-invites-online-application-for-pgdm-batch-2021-23 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |access-date=6 September 2022 |website=news.careers360.com |language=en}}

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Bandra Lake, also called Bandra Talao or Motha Reservoir, was constructed by a rich Konkani Muslim of Navapada (also spelled Naupada or Naopara), an adjoining village.{{cite journal |journal=Gazetteer of Thane District |title=Places of Interest |date=1882 |url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/Thane-III/places_Bandra.html |access-date=5 June 2011 |archive-date=10 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210034248/http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/Thane-III/places_Bandra.html |url-status=live }}

The lake was later acquired by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. It was officially renamed Swami Vivekanand Sarovar. Paddle boating facilities and pisciculture (fish farming) activities were operational in this lake during the 1990s but have since stopped. This lake is now a heritage structure of "Heritage II" status.{{cite news|title=BMC plans walkway around Bandra Talao|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/jan/310111-Bandra-Talao-BMC-Powai-Lake-jogging-track-walkway.htm|access-date=10 January 2012|newspaper=MiD DAY|date=31 January 2011|archive-date=26 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826071552/http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/jan/310111-Bandra-Talao-BMC-Powai-Lake-jogging-track-walkway.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Makeover for Bandra Talao finally kicks off|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_makeover-for-bandra-talao-finally-kicks-off_1403141|access-date=10 January 2012|newspaper=Daily News and Analysis|date=30 June 2010|archive-date=2 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702042558/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_makeover-for-bandra-talao-finally-kicks-off_1403141|url-status=live}} The Portuguese also pronounced Bandra As Bandora.

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As traffic in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region worsened, especially in South Mumbai, there was increased demand to construct a business district outside of Mumbai, in the suburbs. In the mid-2000s, the city of Mumbai started an audacious task to reclaim lands on the Mithi River in the eastern portion of the city, near the Kurla border. The newly formed Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) has attracted several equity and technology firms, such as Blackstone, Google, and Amazon, who chose Bandra instead of Mumbai City for its location, lower-cost of land, and new development.

As the last suburb before entering Mumbai City, Bandra has for a while been strained with traffic, particularly around the railway station and S.V. Road. The development of a business centre has only exacerbated the traffic problems, as unlike other commercial hubs, Bandra's BKC is located between Bandra and Kurla stations and requires approximately 10-15 minute vehicular commute from either of the stations. Nearly 300,000 office-goers alight daily at Bandra Railway Station and take a taxi or bus to BKC. This has made Bandra among the busiest stations in India, surpassing Andheri and Bombay Central, and the second-busiest station in Maharashtra's Western Railway after Churchgate railway station.

In 1993, a group of terrorists attacked a hotel in Bandra in addition to other sites in the city.{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-33713846|title = How the 1993 blasts changed Mumbai forever|work = BBC News|date = 30 July 2015|access-date = 10 January 2022|archive-date = 26 June 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190626125420/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-33713846|url-status = live}}

Bandra has a large collection of street art or graffiti. The paintings on walls are principally located in the vicinity of Chapel Road and Veronica Street, but prominent works are also visible near the Bandstand and Mount Mary Church.{{cite web|url=http://www.minorsights.com/2016/03/india-ranwar-village.html|title=Ranwar Village|access-date=22 March 2016|publisher=Minor Sights|archive-date=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409090239/http://www.minorsights.com/2016/03/india-ranwar-village.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.minorsights.com/2016/03/india-bollywood-art-project.html|title=Bollywood Art Project|access-date=22 March 2016|publisher=Minor Sights|archive-date=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409071500/http://www.minorsights.com/2016/03/india-bollywood-art-project.html|url-status=live}} They consist of various types of graffiti, including pieces, stencils, tags, etc. Globally renowned artists such as Gomez have created works on these walls.

St+art Mumbai, Bollywood Art Project{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodArtProject/|title=Bollywood Art Project – BAP|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=22 March 2016|archive-date=27 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527150833/https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodArtProject/|url-status=live}} and Dharavi Art Room are some of the organisations that conduct various programs to encourage the artists. The programs have support from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).{{cite web|url=https://trawellness.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/mumbai-street-life-graffiti-chapel-road-bandra/|title=Mumbai Street Life – Graffiti @ Chapel Road Bandra|date=19 July 2015|website=wordpress.com|access-date=24 July 2015|archive-date=24 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724173823/https://trawellness.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/mumbai-street-life-graffiti-chapel-road-bandra/|url-status=live}} Bandra was also home to the 37X46 metre (120X150 foot) portrait of Dadasaheb Phalke on the MTNL building at Bandra Reclamation. It was created by Ranjit Dahiya (from the Bollywood Art Project) and other artists including Yantr, Munir Bukhari and Nilesh Kharade as part of the St+art Mumbai festival in 2014. The mural was unveiled officially by Amitabh Bachchan and Piyush Pandey, but the building has been re-painted.{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/phalke-mural-to-be-unveiled-today/|title=Phalke Mural to be Unveiled Today|work=The Indian Express|access-date=26 May 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526191409/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/phalke-mural-to-be-unveiled-today/|url-status=live}} It is reportedly Asia's largest mural.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20180423-muralist-nilesh-kharade-street-art-graffiti-start-india-foundation-1211441-2018-04-13|title=Larger than life|website=India Today|date=13 April 2018 |language=en|access-date=26 May 2018|archive-date=26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526004408/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20180423-muralist-nilesh-kharade-street-art-graffiti-start-india-foundation-1211441-2018-04-13|url-status=live}}

Many of the characters in the book Bloodline Bandra{{Cite book |last=Pereira |first=Godfrey |title=Bloodline Bandra |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2014 |isbn=9789351364429 |edition=1st |location=India |language=En}} by Godfrey Joseph Pereira{{Cite web |title=Godfrey Joseph Pereira |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11435272.Godfrey_Joseph_Pereira |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=www.goodreads.com |archive-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010180025/https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11435272.Godfrey_Joseph_Pereira |url-status=live }} (2014), are East Indian, including the protagonist, journalist, David Cabral, who reside in a village (hamlet) called Pali in Bandra. The book itself is set in the 1950s with the first half of the book having most of the action in Pali Village, a predominantly East Indian populace at the time.

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Bandra is split by the local railway-line into West Bandra (Postal Code 400050) and East Bandra (Postal Code 400051). The part of Bandra located on the western side of the railway line developed into a fashionable suburb by the middle of the 20th century. Film director Mehboob Khan established the Mehboob Studios here in 1954. Soon the area became a center for the Indian movie industry, Bollywood. A recording studio was set up in the 1970s.{{cite news |title=Mehboob mere, Mehboob tere |url=http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20Mumbai§id=3&contentid=20081101200811012008337798596fdb6 |newspaper=Pune Mirror |date=1 November 2008 |access-date=21 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718051651/http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20Mumbai§id=3&contentid=20081101200811012008337798596fdb6 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=Mumbai, meri mehboob?|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/column_mumbai-meri-mehboob_1504231|newspaper=DNA|date=7 February 2011|access-date=21 February 2011|archive-date=10 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210081419/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/column_mumbai-meri-mehboob_1504231|url-status=live}}

In the mid-to-late 1990s, the eastern part emerged as a commercial and administrative hub. It houses the Family Court, Bandra Kurla Commercial Complex, the office of the state housing development authority (MHADA) and the office of the District Collector. The residential quarters of the employees of the Maharashtra State Government are also located here.

Most roads and places in Bandra were given English names during British rule. They have been renamed over time but many are still popularly known by their old names.

• Neighbouring suburbs: Dharavi, Khar, Kurla, Mahim, Santa Cruz
• Arterial roads: Swami Vivekanand Road (S.V Road), Linking Road, Turner Road (Guru Nanak Marg), Hill Road (renamed Ramdas Nayak Marg), Carter Road (renamed Naushad Ali Marg), Navpada Road (Balsamant), Western Express Highway. The Bandra–Worli Sea Link connects the western part of Bandra to Worli by the sea route, thus diverting a lot of road traffic.

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Bandra railway station is connected with the Western Railway and the Harbour Line, which is an offshoot of the suburban Central Railway. It also has a newly built terminus called Bandra Terminus in Bandra (E) from where trains bound for northern and western India are scheduled regularly. The important trains include the Bandra-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, Bandra-Indore Express, Bandra-Patna Express, Bandra-Jaipur Express, Bandra-Jodhpur Express and the Bandra-Amritsar Express.

Public transport also includes BEST buses, auto rickshaws and taxis, which are abundant. Bandra is the last southern point from Mumbai where auto rickshaws ply. Beyond Bandra, entering Mahim, only taxis are allowed to ply.

The Bandra–Worli Sea Link bridge connects Bandra West with Worli, located in central Mumbai. Due to Bandra's central location, most parts of the city are easily accessible.

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• Jogger's Park, a small seaside jogging track. The park, next to the Otter's Club, was where Mumbai's first laughing club was launched.
• Khar Danda, one of the oldest villages in Bandra
• Ranwar Village
• Mount Mary's Basilica
• Bandstand Promenade
• Hill Road, a popular street shopping area with various restaurants and retail brands
• Linking Road, a shopping area
• Pali Hill, an affluent residential locality with several restaurants and eateries
• Carter Road Promenade
• Bandra Fort, also known as Castella de Aguada (Portuguese for Fort of the Waterpoint)
• Colonial-era bungalows; Bandra's unique architectural heritage is being threatened by ongoing development.{{cite web|url=http://www.minorsights.com/2014/05/india-bungalow-of-bandra-bombay.html|title=India: Bungalows of Bandra – Bombay's Vanishing Heritage|website=www.minorsights.com|access-date=7 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105007/http://www.minorsights.com/2014/05/india-bungalow-of-bandra-bombay.html|url-status=live}}

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• Farhan Akhtar, film actor
• Zoya Akhtar, film director
• Lieutenant-General Francis Dias, PVSM, AVSM, VrC
• Sanjay Dutt, film actor
• Karan Johar, film director
• Reema Kagti, film director
• Salman Khan, film actor
• Shah Rukh Khan, film actor
• Aamir Khan, film actor
• Nicholas Kharkongor, film director
• Mithila Palkar, film actor
• Flt Lt Lawrence Pereira, VrC
• Rekha, film actor
• Bala Sawant, politician and former Shiv Sena MLA
• Ashish Shelar, president of BJP Mumbai
• Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer
• Asif Zakaria, Congress candidate for 177 - Bandra West Assembly Constituency

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• Villages in Bandra, Mumbai
• Bandra Government Colony

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