Wadala (Marathi: वडाळा) (also spelled Vadala, formerly spelt Wuddala) is a residential central suburb of the city of Mumbai. Wadala Road is a station on the Harbour Line of Mumbai's railway network.

Wadala has several schools and some renowned institutions like Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (V.J.T.I), The University Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly The University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT)) and Khalsa College, located near one another. SNDT Women's University, Dr. Ambedkar Commerce & Law College also has a campus in Wadala West. The local college of Wadala is SIWS near the Wadala station. The largest bus depot in Mumbai, BEST's Wadala depot, is located here

It also houses one of India's most renowned eye hospitals, Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital along with the BPT Hospital and the Ackworth Leprosy Hospital. The Ackworth Leprosy Hospital was established during British rule, and part of its complex is now given to an AIDS awareness organisation as well. The world's first methane generation plant was set up in the Ackworth hostpital complex.

Aditya Thackeray is the son of Uddhav Thackeray, Executive President of Shiv Sena, and grandson of Balasaheb Thackeray. He is currently head of Yuva Sena, a youth wing of Shiv Sena.

Aditya has done his schooling from Bombay Scottish School, Mahim. Being the School Captain (head boy)^{[citation needed]}, he also has various other extra curriculars to his name, like D.E.A.S, Task Force, Prefect, and sporting activities like cricket. He did his junior college from Dhirubhai Ambani International School, studying the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, post which, he graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, with History as his majors. He is currently studying law at KC law College.

He is the youngest leader state politics.^{[citation needed]}

Aditya is the head of Yuva Sena, Yuva Sena is a group that works for the growing questions of youth in India.

Rafiq Ahmad (b. 1889 d. 1982), commonly known as Comrade Rafiq Ahmad of Bhopal, was a famous communist activist of the 20th century India. He was one of the founders of the Communist Party of India in Tashkent in 1921. After the independence of India he continued to live in Bhopal and later died in the same city. But post independence he had limited his political activities.

Hafeez Contractor (born 1950) is an Indian architect. He is a member of the Bombay Heritage Committee and New Delhi Lutyens Bungalow Zone Review Committee.

Hafiz Contractor was born in Mumbai in a Parsi family. He earned his graduate diploma in architecture from the University of Mumbai in 1975 and completed his graduation and MS in Architecture from Columbia University, New York City on a Tata scholarship.

Hafeez Contractor started working in 1968 as an apprentice with his uncle T. Khareghat even while working toward his architecture degree. In 1977, he became the associate partner in the firm. Between 1977 and 1980, he was a visiting faculty member at the Academy of Architecture, Mumbai.

He started his firm, Architect HC, in 1983 with two people. One of his first success stories was the Vastu building at Worli Seaface. He then bagged projects in Pune for Karia Builders and a lot of residential buildings. He has also designed The Imperial I and II, the tallest buildings in India.

His projects are spread across India.