 The Municipal Corporation limits were extended up to Jogeshwari along the Western Railway and Bhandup along the Central Railway.This limit was further extended in February 1957 up to Dahisar along the Western Railway and Mulund on the Central Railway.The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, one of the finest institutions in the country in science and technology, was established in 1958 at Powai, a northern suburb of Bombay, with assistance from UNESCO and with funds contributed by the Soviet Union.