Friday, September 18, 2009

Malad - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Malad (Marathiमालाड) is a suburb of MumbaiIndia. It is also the name of the railway stationon the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway (India) railway line, located in the Malad suburb.
History
In the 19th century, the Orlem (also known as Valnai) was a hamlet of just about 12 families in Malad. In 1880, Fr. Joseph Maria Braz de Souza built a private chapel dedicated to our Lady of Lourdes at Orlem. In 1882, read more..