Early History
What is now known as Goragoa Suburb is a conglomeration of four villages: Pahadi, Goregaon, Aarey and Eksar. Goregaon got the railway station in 1862. The suburb was one of the four railway stations between Borivali and Grant Road and was known as Pahadi or Pare. Th name of the railway station was subsequently changed to avoid confusing it with Paradi, a railway station in South Gujarat on BB&CI (now Western Railway). On official records, the name of tehasil still appears as Pahadi Goregaon.
The prime land under the mango and guava plantation owned by the Topiwala Desai family was taken over by theMaharashtra government and handed over to the Mumbai Housing Board during the 1950s.
Goregaon is named after a former resident of named Gore. After his death, his wife Mrinal Gore, continued to work to provide drinking water for the area. There are two trusts which are known as Gore trusts.
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