Bhandup

It is said that the name 'Bhandup' is derived from the Bhandupeshwar temple of lord Shiva.

In 1803, on payment of a quit-rent, the East India Company granted the major part of Bhandup and parts of two other villages to Mr. Luke Ashburner, alderman of Bombay and editor of the Bombay Courier. In 1817 Mr. Ashburner sold the estate, together with the contract for supplying Government rum, to his manager Mr. Kavasji Manekji Ashburner for a sum of �50,000 (Rs. 5,00,000). In the colonial period, Bhandup was also known to have the biggest distillery of liquor in the Bombay Presidency.It was started to supply European troops with rum.

For Further Reading: Thane District Gazetteer