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Ulhasnagar
Ulhasnagar is a city in Thane district, Maharashtra, India. This city is a part of Mumbai Metropolitan Region managed by MMRDA. It had an estimated population of 506,098 at the 2011 Census. Ulhasnagar is a municipal city and the headquarters of the Tahsil bearing the same name. It has a suburban station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. History A suburban railway station was built in 1955. In January 1960, Ulhasnagar Municipality was formed, with Arjun K. Ballani as first chief, and a municipal council was nominated. In 1965, elections were first held in this council. In the late 1970s, Ulhasnagar was a town settled mainly by Sindhi Hindu refugees. Now this 28 square kilometre area has 389,000 people of Sindhi descent, the largest enclave of Sindhis in India. The town lies outside Mumbai city but within the Mumbai Conurbation. In 2010, the estimated population of Sindhi Hindus in Ulhasnagar was 400,000. There are a number of criminal gangs in town working unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulhasnagar Railway Station 2000
Ulhasnagar is a city in Thane district, Maharashtra, India. This city is a part of Mumbai Metropolitan Region managed by MMRDA. It had an estimated population of 506,098 at the 2011 Census. Ulhasnagar is a municipal city and the headquarters of the Tahsil bearing the same name. It has a suburban station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. History A suburban railway station was built in 1955. In January 1960, Ulhasnagar Municipality was formed, with Arjun K. Ballani as first chief, and a municipal council was nominated. In 1965, elections were first held in this council. In the late 1970s, Ulhasnagar was a town settled mainly by Sindhi Hindu refugees. Now this 28 square kilometre area has 389,000 people of Sindhi descent, the largest enclave of Sindhis in India. The town lies outside Mumbai city but within the Mumbai Conurbation. In 2010, the estimated population of Sindhi Hindus in Ulhasnagar was 400,000. There are a number of criminal gangs in town working un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thane District
Thane district (Pronunciation: ʰaːɳe 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; 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 8,070,032. The headquarters of the district is the city of Thane. Other major cities in the district are Navi Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivli, Mira-Bhayander, Bhiwandi, Ulhasnagar, Ambarnath, Badlapur, Murbad and Shahapur. The district is situated between 18°42' and 20°20' north latitudes and 72°45' and 73°48' east longitudes. The revised area of the district is 4,214 km2. The district is bounded by Nashik district to the north east, Pune and Ahmednagar districts to the east, and by Palghar district to the north. The Arabian Sea forms the western boundary, while it is bounded by M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
The Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) is the governing body of the city of Ulhasnagar in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Thane district (Urban) in Konkan division. It has 78 members. Municipal Corporation mechanism in India was introduced during British Rule with formation of municipal corporation in Madras (Chennai) in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) by 1762. Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation is headed by Mayor of city and governed by Commissioner. Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town. List of Mayor List of Deputy Mayor List of Chairman, Standing Committee Overview The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalyan (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Kalyan Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency was created on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Anand Paranjpe of Shiv Sena. As of the 2014 elections, this constituency is represented by Shrikant Shinde also of Shiv Sena. Assembly segments At present, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation on 19 February 2008, kalyan Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are: Members of Parliament Election results General election 2019 General election 2014 General election 2009 See also * Kalya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sindhi People
Sindhis ( sd, سنڌي Perso-Arabic: सिन्धी Devanagari; ) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who speak the Sindhi language and are native to the province of Sindh in Pakistan. After the partition of British Indian empire in 1947, many Sindhi Hindus and Sindhi Sikhs migrated to the newly independent Dominion of India and other parts of the world. Pakistani Sindhis are predominantly Muslim with a smaller Sikh and Hindu minority, whereas Indian Sindhis are predominantly Hindu with a Sikh, Jain and Muslim minority. Sindhi people have been native to Sindh throughout history, apart from that their historical region has always came from the South-eastern side of Balochistan, the Bahawalpur region of Punjab and the Kutch region of Gujarat, India. The Sindhi diaspora is growing around the world, especially in the Middle East, owing to better employment opportunities. Etymology The name Sindhi is derived from the Sanskrit ''Sindhu'' which translates as river or seabod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birla Mandir, Shahad
Birla Mandir is a Hindu temple for Vithoba located in the vicinity of the Century Rayon Company in Shahad Shahad is a town in the Thane district in Maharashtra state in India. It is located 60 km from Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the ca ..., Ulhasnagar taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra, India. It has also served as a shooting location for various Bollywood films like ''Tere Naam'', ''Prem Granth'', ''Suhaag (1979 film), Suhaag '' (Old), ''Golmaal: Fun Unlimited'', etc. It is on the National Highway 61 (India) (Kalyan-Murbad-Nagar-Nanded-Adilabad) and is just 4 km from Kalyan, Maharashtra, Kalyan city. How to get there Catch a train to Asangaon railway station(AN), Titwala railway station(TL) or Kasara railway station(N) from any station between Kalyan Junction railway station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, and aligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
