Mumbai Local Experience Towards Dharavi Slums | Local Train Ride | Andheri - Bandra | India 4K

Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @keepwalkinwithshewalkin   In pre-colonial India, the Koli fishing community had settled at the northernmost tip of the island of Parel. Their community was right next to the Mahim Creek that provided them livelihood for centuries. Bear in mind that this is the pre-colonial Bombay- a group of seven islands on the coast of the Arabian sea. In the 16th Century, the Portuguese colonists built a small fort and church at Bandra, the shore opposite to Dharavi, but did not interfere with the Koli fishermen community. In 1737, the British built the Riwa Fort at Dharavi, also known as the Kala Qila on the orders of their second British Governor of Bombay, Gerald Aungier. The fort served the British forces as a watchtower, guarding them against any attacks from the Portuguese or the Marathas. The turning point in the history of Dharavi came in the 18th century when the swamps of Bombay started to be reclaimed. All the seven islands were joined into a single landmass, with Parel at its outskirts. The Mahim Creek dried up soon afterward, owing to the reclamation project. The Koli community had lost their source of livelihood and began to disperse towards more promising locations The landscape of Dharavi, around the 1850s, was a heterogeneous mixture of industrial and handicrafts. Fishing village huts and industrial sheds tore through the swampy lands, punctuated by people dragging carts filled with goods along the dirt roads. The skyline was smokestacks of the textile mills right beside the potters’ kilns (which would later develop into Kumbharwada, the potters’ colony). The opportunities offered by the colonized, industrial Bombay initially attracted migrants from Maharashtra, Konkan, and Gujarat. These settlers moved towards the south of Bombay but were soon pushed away by the authorities to the outskirts in the North. By the end of the 19th century, Dharavi became the home to a diversity of artists and aspirants- potters from Saurashtra, Muslim leather tanners from Tamil Nadu, embroidery workers, and artisans from Uttar Pradesh, and confectioners from Tamil Nadu. #dharavislums #indianslums #mumbaislums Chapters 0:00 - Intro 0:25 - Where are we going? 1:16 - Bus Ride - Versova - Andheri 3:40 - Andheri Station 9:34 - Local Train to Bandra 12:25 - Bandra Station 16:25 - Bandra East Streets 27:26 - Autorickshaw towards Dharavi Slums 34:12 - Destination Update Please do Subscribe to my channel, like, comment and click the notification bell icon and help She' Walkin grow. Thanks to your support we can share amazing content. Please Join She' Walkin https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjs... Support me on Patreon :   / shewalkin   Camera used : DJI Osmo Pocket ✅Please support my channel via PayPal using this link: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/shewa... ✅Also you can always help my channel grow with a LIKE on the video and a COMMENT. No money needed for that 🌻🌻 ✅Check out my other youtube channel Shivani Explores: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeXI... All material in this video is original and personally recorded by She' Walkin on location Copyright © 2021 All Rights Reserved. More walking - Walking in Mumbai (🇮🇳) -    • 4K 🇮🇳 MUMBAI - Colaba Causeway - India wal...   Walking in Rajasthan (🇮🇳) -    • 4K 🇮🇳 Rajasthan Walk - Pushkar Town - Indi...   Walking in Delhi (🇮🇳) -    • 4K 🇮🇳 New Delhi - A walk in Connaught Plac...   Walking in Himalayas (🇮🇳) -    • [4K] Walking CHITKUL - a Village in Himala...