Thakkar Bappa Colony
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Thakkar Bappa Colony is a residential and commercial area of suburb Chembur
, Mumbai
. It is most famous for its shoe markets which are produced by people who live and work here.
speaking people. There were few people of Regar
community who migrated from Rajasthan
and other parts of India around 1950. Their main occupation was shoes manufacturing at home. In the late seventies of 20th century some families of Jeenagar community also migrated here from Rajasthan
and Punjab
. Their sole occupation was also manufacturing of shoes.
Today there are about 100 thousand people who belong to these two communities who have settled in Thakkar Bappa Colony and area surrounding to it. Their daily work consists of manufacturing shoes and distributing the same to other parts of Mumbai
and India
.
Earlier people were selling their shoes to a bigger wholesale market in some parts of Mumbai
but since last 20 years few of them have opened their own Shoe
Shops and today Thakkar Bappa Colony boasts of more than a hundred such shops where you could buy handmade shoes of hundreds of different varieties and range.
Thakkar bapa colony is contructed by kutchi maheshwari meghwar'person MR. Ranshi Sirokha & Mr. Pachan sinch , It was rehabilitation colony those who came from (migrated) pakistan. This colony only meant for refugee & migrated persons only. At the time to India pakistan partition Many people from maheshwari meghwal samaj people migrated from pakistan & start living at thakkar bapaa colony in 1950 Era. 99% of occupant of thakkar bapa colony was kutchi maheshwari meghwar community. There were only 1% marwari people came along with them.
After coming from pakistan kutchi community start making chappals & live happly.
There were no marathi people staying in thakkar bapa colony in 1950 era.
speaking people have slowly moved to other parts of Mumbai after selling their residential areas to Marwari
speaking people and today there are around 90% of people whose mother tongue is Rajasthani
. People work more than 12 to 14 hours a day for manufacturing shoes. They live in the same place where they produce shoes.
, Kurla
or Tilak Nagar
.
Chembur
Chembur is a suburban neighbourhood in eastern Mumbai, India. It is 22 km from downtown Mumbai and 20 km from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. It is most famous for its shoe markets which are produced by people who live and work here.
History
Originally This place was mostly a residential area of MarathiMarathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
speaking people. There were few people of Regar
Regar
The Regar are a scheduled caste found in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in India. The caste is historically associated with the collecting of saltpetre.-History and origin:...
community who migrated from Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
and other parts of India around 1950. Their main occupation was shoes manufacturing at home. In the late seventies of 20th century some families of Jeenagar community also migrated here from Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
and Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
. Their sole occupation was also manufacturing of shoes.
Today there are about 100 thousand people who belong to these two communities who have settled in Thakkar Bappa Colony and area surrounding to it. Their daily work consists of manufacturing shoes and distributing the same to other parts of Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
and India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Earlier people were selling their shoes to a bigger wholesale market in some parts of Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
but since last 20 years few of them have opened their own Shoe
Shoe
A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while doing various activities. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration. The design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture to culture, with appearance originally being tied to function...
Shops and today Thakkar Bappa Colony boasts of more than a hundred such shops where you could buy handmade shoes of hundreds of different varieties and range.
Geography
&Thakkar bapa colony is contructed by kutchi maheshwari meghwar'person MR. Ranshi Sirokha & Mr. Pachan sinch , It was rehabilitation colony those who came from (migrated) pakistan. This colony only meant for refugee & migrated persons only. At the time to India pakistan partition Many people from maheshwari meghwal samaj people migrated from pakistan & start living at thakkar bapaa colony in 1950 Era. 99% of occupant of thakkar bapa colony was kutchi maheshwari meghwar community. There were only 1% marwari people came along with them.
After coming from pakistan kutchi community start making chappals & live happly.
There were no marathi people staying in thakkar bapa colony in 1950 era.
Demographics
The MarathiMarathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
speaking people have slowly moved to other parts of Mumbai after selling their residential areas to Marwari
Marwari language
The Marwari language , also variously Marvari, Marwadi, Marvadi), is spoken in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Marwari is also found in the neighboring state of Gujarat and Haryana and in Eastern Pakistan...
speaking people and today there are around 90% of people whose mother tongue is Rajasthani
Rajasthani language
Rajasthani Rajasthani Rajasthani (Devanagari: , Perso-Arabic: is a language of the Indo-Aryan languages family. It is spoken by 50 million people in Rajasthan and other states of India and in some areas of Pakistan. The number of speakers may be up to 80 million worldwide...
. People work more than 12 to 14 hours a day for manufacturing shoes. They live in the same place where they produce shoes.
Railway station
The nearest railway station is ChemburChembur
Chembur is a suburban neighbourhood in eastern Mumbai, India. It is 22 km from downtown Mumbai and 20 km from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport...
, Kurla
Kurla
Kurla is a suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of one the busiest railway stations on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai...
or Tilak Nagar
Tilak Nagar (Mumbai)
Tilak Nagar is a residential colony in suburban Mumbai. There is also a railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai suburban railway by this name....
.