Sion (/ˈsaːjən/; IAST: Śīv [ʃiːʋ]) is a neighbourhood of Mumbai. In the 17th century the village formed the boundary between Mumbai and Salsette Island. The British named it marking the end of the city. The name remained even after Mumbai was joined to the Salsette and extended up to Mulund. One of the local historical places in Sion is a hilltop garden commonly known as Sion Fort or Sheevon Killa in the Marathi language.
Sion
Sheev | |
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Neighborhood | |
 K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering & Information Technology near Everard Nagar, Sion | |
  Sion | |
| Coordinates: 19°02′N 72°52′E / 19.04°N 72.86°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Mumbai City |
| City | Mumbai |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Area code | 022 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-MH |
History
editIn 1543, the Portuguese took possession of the largely uninhabited islands of Bombay, naming it Sião, after a biblical hill in Israel.[1] The Portuguese gave the Jesuit priests the sole ownership of some of these islands. The Jesuits then built a chapel on the hill near the present-day railway station and named it after Mount Zion (Sion) in Jerusalem.[citation needed]
Education
editSion is also a home to many educational institutes, including:
- Ayurved College Sion
- K. J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering & Information Technology
- Shiv Shikshan Sanstha's School (Eng. Med.)
- SIES College of Commerce and Economics
- SIES College of Arts, Science, and Commerce
- Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil Pratishthan's College of Engineering
- K. J. Somaiya Medical College & Research Centre.[2]
- Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital
- Our Lady Of Good Counsel High School
Notable former residents
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ D'Cunha, Jose Gerson (1900). "IV The Portuguese Period". The Origins of Bombay (3 ed.). Bombay: Asian Educational Services. p. 265. ISBN 81-206-0815-1. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ "KJ Somaiya Medical College and Research Centre". Retrieved 31 January 2013.