title: Bori Bunder
text: # Bori Bunder
  
  Bori Bunder (also known as Bori Bandar) is an area along the Eastern shore line of Mumbai, India.
  
  ## Background
  
  This place was used as a storehouse for goods imported and exported from Mumbai. In the local language, 'Bori' mean sack and 'Bandar' means port. It could also be a corruption of 'Bhandaar' meaning store.
  
  ## Transport
  
  In the 1850s, the Great Indian Peninsula Railway built its railway terminus in this area and the station took its name as Bori Bunder.
  
  