In the early Twentieth century, Bhiwandi was a small town, inhabited by Maharashtrians and Konkani Muslims. The main occupation of the people was agriculture, fishing and hand looms. With the advent of electricity, the hand looms began to be quickly replaced by power looms. It became a hub of the textile industry in the 1930s.Bhiwandi used to have a port on the river known as Kamwadi river. During 16th century the port was situated at area known as Bunder Mohalla. There was trading business of woods & Spices. There used to be a regular business & merchant used to travel frequently. At that period of time merchant was called as “Saudagar” the area used to refer as Saudagar Mohalla.The labour who works for shipping building used to live at place today called as Sutar bada & Hamal bada. The worker who navigates the ship used to live at place today known as Tandel mohalla. King Aurangazeb of Mughal period Bhiwandi city was known by the name of “Islamabad”. He built Mosque by the name of Islamabad Masjid & built Eidgah situated at Eidgah road
