Chunabhatti is a suburb of Mumbai and a part of Sion, Mumbai. It is located on the Eastern Express Highway. It is served by Chunabhatti railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. Chunabhatti is home to the first cotton mill in Mumbai, Swadeshi Mills, which was registered in 1886 by Jamsetji Tata. There were numerous lime kiln in Chunabhatti. Parshuram Soma Gaikar was one of the lime kiln owners. Lime was used for construction and in cotton mills.