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  2. List of slums in India - Wikipedia

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    An integrated slum dwelling and informal economy inside Dharavi of Mumbai. Dharavi slum started in 1887 with industrial and segregationist policies of the British colonial era. The slum housing, tanneries, pottery and other economy established inside and around Dharavi during the British rule of India. [2] [3] [4] Prem Sagar

  3. Dharavi - Wikipedia

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    Dharavi compared to other great slums in the world. Map according to Mike Davis.. Dharavi is a residential area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.It has often been considered to be one of the world's largest slums.

  4. List of slums - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of slums. A slum as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat , is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing, squalor, and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between ...

  5. Category:Slums in India - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Slums in India" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of slums in India; B.

  6. Hyderabad - Wikipedia

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    About 22% of the slum-dwelling households had migrated from different parts of India in the last decade of the 20th century, and 63% claimed to have lived in the slums for more than 10 years. [86]: 55 Overall literacy in the slums is 60–80% and female literacy is 52–73%. A third of the slums have basic service connections, and the remainder ...

  7. Bhavani Peth, Pune - Wikipedia

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    Bhavani Peth is an area located in Pune City, in Maharashtra State of the Republic of India. A study in 1990 described Bhavani Peth as the largest slum settlement in Pune. [1] The name of the area is derived from the Goddess Bhavani. The main attraction of Bhavani Peth is the Shri Bhavani Mata Mandir.

  8. Slums in Chennai - Wikipedia

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    According to the 2011 Census of India, 30% of Chennaities were living in slums.Chennai (1.39M) is fourth in the list of total slum population among Mumbai (5.21M), Hyderabad (2.29M) and Kolkata (1.41M).

  9. Varadarajan Mudaliar - Wikipedia

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    Sathuvachari Varadarajan Mudaliar (9 October 1926 – 2 January 1988), also known as Vardhabhai and Vardha, was an Indian crime boss.From the early 1960s to the 1980s, he was, along with Karim Lala and Haji Mastan, one of the most powerful mob bosses in Bombay.