Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar

Coordinates: 19°02′04″N 72°51′51″E / 19.034331°N 72.864203°E / 19.034331; 72.864203 Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar, formerly known as Koliwada, is a neighbourhood in Sion, Mumbai, named after Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, the ninth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism.

Originally home to Mumbai's indigenous Koli community, it is also known as Koliwada. A colony was constructed for the rehabilitation of Sikh and Punjabi refugees who came from Pakistan in the years shortly after independence.

Today, many of the buildings and tenements originally constructed for the refugees are in a dilapidated state, and are awaiting demolition and redevelopment. [1]

Many governments came in last 19 yrs but no one to see these refugees living conditions, turning bad to worse.

Known for its Punjab culture and with highest centre of gurudwaras specially Shri Dashmesh darbar, bhai joga singh gurudwara Singh sabha gurudwara, panchayti gurudwara built since more than 60 yrs ago are highly famous for 24 hrs langar sewa and also for discounted medical Aid are always appreciated for unity of Hindus and Sikh communities for Hindu temples like geeta bhavan Hari Mandir, Pahadi wala mandir, shiv mandir, baba shrichand mandir all places of worship going hand to hand with Hindus, Sindhi's, and Sikh' community.

Also famous for Eating hub for special Punjabi taste of food, people do often come for a good tasty breakfast, lunch, dinner always remains crowded from morning till late mid night although being smaller in size, g.t.b nagar also known as sion koliwada is a famous place to visit.

People enjoy the life style of Punjab and see a view of Punjab in koliwada.

Location

Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar is in South Central Mumbai, with the nearest railway station being Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway.

Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar Mumbai has a college started by the Sikh community of this area called Guru Nanak College of Arts, Science & Commerce affiliated to Mumbai University.

The Nearest Hospitals are Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital(Sion), Mata Laxmi Hospital and AntopHill Hospital

Sikh festivals are celebrated with pride and glory. Procession is taken out on the occasion of Guru Nanak's birthday. People from all over Mumbai gather here to celebrate the main festivals.

Special prayer service is held from 4–6 June at Gurdwara Dashmesh darbar to pay homage to the people who lost their lives during the Operation Bluestar and the Delhi riots in 1984.

Langar (free community meal) is served in all Gurdwaras 24x7. The followers of "Sanatan Dharam" have built Shree Sanatan Dharam Hari Mandir All the festivals are celebrated here in a very grand way, every Saturday there is Mata Ki Chowky; it is a very beautiful mandir. Many refugees from attock in Pakistan came here in 1967 when there were chances of war during Indo-pak and was found severe threat to surrounding communities.

The Transits Camps were built by the then Indira Government for temporary settlement of Refugees from Border area. Before the settlements of Sikhs and Hindu communities the land was swamp area and total mangrove plot used for fishing and fish breeding by Koli communities. Still you will find the records of land belonging to Koli communities as their names still exist on land records and still spoken in day-to-day life.

Plot Ravli, Paigambri, Sheikh Mistry, Kokri, Korba, Kalpak, Matsyagandha, etc. are old plot names given by the koli community and Bori Muslim saints who use to trade with Koli community for products like, dry fish, bhandar - Sacred alcohol (somras)/tadi, Dry fruits etc. And Koli people use to get Pathani Hing (Asefoetida), Kabuli swaad (chana, grains), etc.

The GTB also consist of government colonies named as CGHS Colony. This colony consist of 7 sectors 1–7 which are allocated to different Central Government employees from different fields (CPWD, dockyard, Indian navy etc.).

Currently GTB is going into reconstruction i.e. chawls are broken and buildings are set up; this will enhance the GTB and will give a new look.

There are other areas such as Pratiksha Nagar, Makawadi, Indira Nagar, Antophill etc.

Religious places

Gurdwaras

  • Gurdwara Dashmesh Darbar
  • Gurdwara Singh Sabha
  • Panchayati Gurdwara
  • Gurdwara Bhai Joga singh Ji
  • Gurdwara Raoli Camp
  • Gurudwara Kartapurakh Darbar

Temples / Mandirs

  • Shree Mothya Devi (Saat Aasra) Mandir - Shiv Koliwada Sion Village
  • Shree Lada Devi Gavdevi Mandir (Near Sion Fort or Shiv Killa)
  • Shree Marubai Mandir (Koliwada - Chubhatti Track near Sion Fort)
  • Motimsar Gramdaivat Mandir - Shiv Koliwada Sion Village
  • Shree Sanatam Dharam, Geeta Bhavan, Hari Mandir
  • Phadiwala Mandir (Shree Gandhiya Mahadev Mandir)
  • Shree Neelkanth Mahadev Mandir
  • Kalimaa Mandir
  • Satyam Shivam Mandir (Bldg No.7)
  • Hanuman Mandir (Hanuman Tekri - old Motimsar Baba Mandir now shifted to Sion Village)
  • Vara Siddhi Vinayakar Devasthanom(Ganapati Mandir situated at Indira Nagar)

Schools and colleges

Schools

  • Sion Koliwada Municipal School
  • Guru Nanak High School (Hindi & English Medium)
  • Shree Sanatam Dharam High School
  • Chetumal Bhoolchand Murlidhar (C.B.M.) High School
  • A.M. Kewalramani Premier High School – also known as Trinity High School

Colleges

  • Guru Nanak College of Arts, Science and Commerce
  • Shree Sanatam Dharam Junior College

Notable former residents

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sion buildings housing '47 refugees face hammer - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  2. ↑ "Akshay Kumar is a Punjabi by nature". https://www.hindustantimes.com/. 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2018-10-05. External link in |work= (help)
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