An interesting take on Dadar Parsi Colony where both countries India & Pakistan were involved in the early part of 1896. Maybe many would not be aware of these Historical details.

Dadar Parsi Colony has its origins in the 1896 Bubonic plague of Bombay. It was birthed as a safe low-lying marshland community to combat the spread of the disease, caused by poor standards of living and inadequate sewage systems. The British set up a Bombay Improvement Trust to manage the area where the disease was rampant—near the cotton mills where the working class lived, and away from the elite neighborhood of what is now South Mumbai, where the British lived.

At the time, an enterprising civil engineer from modern day Karachi, Pakistan, named Mr. Mancherji Joshi, sold the British colonial authorities into his vision of setting aside 103 plots of land for a community uniquely focused on Zoroastrians, in Dadar, away from the congestion of South Mumbai.

He presented a blueprint of his vision for the neighborhood, including an agiary or a fire temple, a school, a seminary or a Parsi madrasa, and a wedding hall, all of which came to fruition. It is believed that Mancherji Joshi planned every last detail of his Dadar Parsi Colony, including the type of flowers and trees to be planted. Thanks to his efforts and advocacy, Joshi was granted a 999-year lease on the plots, and voilà, came into being, Dadar Parsi Colony.