Dahisar (Marathi pronunciation: [d̪əɦisəɾ]) is the northernmost neighborhood (and railway station) of Mumbai. Dahisar is the first locality of Mumbai from the north. The suburb is a very cosmopolitan suburb, which has a large Marathi population, the Gujarati and Agri and Koli are the second most visible group in the suburb. Not to be confused with Dahisar Mori in Navi Mumbai.

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Dahisar
Suburb
Dahisar railway station
Nickname:  दहिसर / Dahisar
Dahisar
Coordinates: 19.250069°N 72.859347°E / 19.250069; 72.859347
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Mumbai Suburban
City	Mumbai
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	400 068 (East & West)
Area code	022
Vehicle registration	MH 47

On the Mumbai Suburban Railway (which is part of the Indian Western Railway line), that runs from Churchgate to Virar, Dahisar is immediately north and next to the populous suburb of Borivali, which has a train station of the same name.

After Dahisar, when travelling northwards on the Churchgate - Virar Western Railway line the immediate next railway station or stop is Mira Road station.

History

There is a record of continuous habitation since the 1630s, as per parish records of the Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church.^{[citation needed]}. The word is most probably coming from the ancient Prakrit language of which a Sanskritized version would be Dadhīśvaraḥ (=IAST, Dadhishvar).

Dahisar was originally a part of Thane District; it became a part of Mumbai in 1956.[1]

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