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on Charni Road opposite the railway station. He wanted to provide a safe haven for the travellers, poor, or needy to rest, use the masjid for prayers, or the hospital if they needed it. After Sir
Adamjee Peerbhoy's death, his grandson Akbar, against the wishes of the family, converted the properties
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Thakurdwar out of his funds and opened those grounds to the locals to graze their cattle for free. As the Marathi word for grazing is "charne", the area came to be known as Charni ... and thence, the road beside it, as the Charni Road. According to another source, the
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In 1884, Sir Adamji
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Charni Road station is present on the
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