Sewri

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Sewri is a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway.

Neighbouring stations: Cotton Green, Wadala Road.

Sewri (pronounced as Shivdi) was a small hamlet on the eastern shore of the Parel island, one of the original seven islands that formed Mumbai. Sewri has a fort that dates back to 1770. The Agri-Horticultural Society had established gardens at Sewri, which were acquired in 1865 by Arthur Crawford, then the Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, for building a European cemetery. Large parts of Sewri belong to the Bombay Port Trust and were incorporated into the harbour facilities. In 1996, the mangrove swamps of Sewri were declared a protected ecology. This mangroves and its surrounding areas attract lot of Flamingos from other parts of India.

On coming out of the station, the first thing one notices is the foul smell, thanks to the dry fish market located there. The well known housing societies situated here are Dnyaneshwar Nagar, Shivaji Nagar, Gulmohar Society, Labour Camp and Bhatwadi. The market area is called "Sewri Naka". Since it is situated in central Mumbai, it is quite conviniently located and is at equal distance from the North Mumbai as well as the South Mumbai.

It is a quiet place and mostly populated by Maharashtrians, Christians and Muslims.

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