Powai /pəwəiː/ is a suburban neighbourhood located in the north-east of Mumbai, India. It is situated on the banks of Powai Lake, and is bounded by the hills of Vikhroli Parksite to the south-east, Chandivali to the south-west, the L.B.S. Marg (old Mumbai-Agra road) to the north-east and the Sanjay Gandhi National Park to the north beyond the lake. The Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road, one of the city's busiest thoroughfares linking the western and eastern suburbs, passes through Powai, and the place also hosts thousands of devotees every year during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival for the visarjan processions.
Population: 20,000
Latitude: 19° 06' 59.04" N
Longitude: 72° 54' 16.96" E
Jai Hind College is a college in Mumbai, India, affiliated with University of Mumbai. After independence, it was established in 1948 by a small group of teachers who were displaced from D. J. Science College of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan under the sup…
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