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Thane. Thane (Marathi: [ˈʈʰaːɳeː]; previously known as Thana, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city located on the northwestern side of the state of Maharashtra in India and on the northeastern side of Mumbai. It is an immediate neighbour of Mumbai city proper, and a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Thane district (Pronunciation: , previously named Taana or Thana) is a district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India.At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the country, with 11,060,148 inhabitants; [1] however, in August 2014 the district was split into two with the creation of a new Palghar district, leaving the reduced Thane district with a 2011 census population of ...
Kalyan is a subdivision (Taluka) of Thane district. Kalyan and its neighbouring township of Dombivli jointly form Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation, abbreviated as KDMC. It is a founding city of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Kalyan is the 7th biggest city in Maharashtra and 29th in India. Kalyan also serves as a major railway station for ...
Anand Dighe Saheb. Anand Dighe (27 January 1951- 26 August 2001), popularly known as Dharmaveer, was an Indian politician and social worker. He was a senior leader and Thane district unit chief of Shiv Sena. [2][3][4] He mentored many young politicians from the Thane region including Rajan Vichare, Eknath Shinde and Ravindra Phatak.
Ghodbunder Fort is a fort located in Ghodbunder Village, Thane, Maharashtra, India, on the hill just south of the Ulhas River. It was built by the Portuguese and then occupied by the Maratha Empire, before being used as the East India Company 's district headquarters. The place was called Ghodbunder because it was where the Portuguese used to ...
Thane taluka. Thane taluka is a taluka in Thane district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division. [1][2] Thane taluka consists of three municipal corporations— Mira-Bhayandar, Thane and Navi Mumbai —and also few small villages. These three cities lies respectively on northern, north-eastern and eastern boundaries of Mumbai.
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) is the governing body of the city of Thane in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The municipal corporation consisting of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and transport. Members from the nation's and state's leading political parties ...
The city became a strong base for the Indian independence movement during the early 20th century, it was the centre of the Rowlatt Satyagraha of 1919 and Royal Indian Navy Mutiny of 1946. [ 3 ] After India's independence in 1947, the territory of Bombay Presidency retained by India was restructured into Bombay State.