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The area has been inhabited for centuries,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/marol-a-village-where-portuguese-interfuses-seamlessly-with-marathi/|title=Marol, a village where Portuguese interfuses seamlessly with Marathi|date=14 January 2016|website=Indianexpress.com|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref> successively coming under both [[Portugal|Portuguese]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] rule. | The area has been inhabited for centuries,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/marol-a-village-where-portuguese-interfuses-seamlessly-with-marathi/|title=Marol, a village where Portuguese interfuses seamlessly with Marathi|date=14 January 2016|website=Indianexpress.com|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref> successively coming under both [[Portugal|Portuguese]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] rule. | ||
The village is filled with the Dawoodi Bohra community. They have their own residential park and have societies lined through the roads of the village. A separate hill, Burhani Hill is also present for residential purposes, all exclusive for Dawoodi Bohras. They have their own separate masjid named Saifee Masjid, which was the host for the annual congregation of Moharram in | The village is filled with the Dawoodi Bohra community. They have their own residential park and have societies lined through the roads of the village. A separate hill, Burhani Hill is also present for residential purposes, all exclusive for Dawoodi Bohras. They have their own separate masjid named Saifee Masjid, which was the host for the annual congregation of Moharram in 2009, held by His Holiness Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin. In 2013, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin established bohra community's fourth branch of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, the Arabic academy in Marol. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
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Police Camp is at the end of Marol and is home to the families of people working for the Maharashtra Police. It is mainly the base camp for the State Armed Constabulary. It also has a Police Training Centre where police recruitment is held and newly recruited officers receive their training. | Police Camp is at the end of Marol and is home to the families of people working for the Maharashtra Police. It is mainly the base camp for the State Armed Constabulary. It also has a Police Training Centre where police recruitment is held and newly recruited officers receive their training. | ||
The oldest housing colony in the area is a group of 11 buildings on Military Road called Blossom Society.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/worms-in-supply-water-marol-residents-blame-road-repair-work/466510/ Worms in supply water: Marol residents blame road repair work]. Indian Express (2009-05-27). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.</ref> The first occupants arrived here in 1968. | The oldest housing colony in the area is a group of 11 buildings on Military Road called Blossom Society.<ref> | ||
One of the oldest building here is Vijay nagar Vijay tower housing society.[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/worms-in-supply-water-marol-residents-blame-road-repair-work/466510/ Worms in supply water: Marol residents blame road repair work]. Indian Express (2009-05-27). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.</ref> The first occupants arrived here in 1968. | |||
==Transport== | ==Transport== | ||