Sanjay Gandhi National Park
The Sanjay Gandhi National Park area has a long written history dating back to the 4th century BCE. In ancient India, Sopara and Kalyan were two ports in the vicinity that traded with ancient civilisations such as Greece and Mesopotamia. The land route between these two ports was partially through this forest.
Sanjay Gandhi National Park
During the rare extreme rainfall event Mumbai has seen on the 26th of July 2005, Vihar Lake inside the national park recorded 1045 mm in under 18 hours. Nearby Santacruz area received 944 mm and Southern Colaba saw a disappointing 74 mm of rainfall on the same day.