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Mulund
Mulund (Pronunciation: uluɳɖ is a suburb in the north-east of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It comes under the zone railway station on the Central Railway line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It was first the railway station of the Mumbai Suburban district on the central railway line.The nextt station i, Thane railway station, which comes under the Thane district. It is nestled alongside the foothills of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park with easy access to the Eastern Express Highway and Navi Mumbai through the Mulund-Airoli Bridge. Mulund marks the end of Mumbai city. History Mulund's history is said to date back to the time of the Mauryan Empire. Referred to at that time as Muchalind, its name changed to Mul-Kund which then modified to its present name. At one point in time, the name Manglapuri was also associated with it. It is said to be the earliest planned neighborhood of Mumbai city. In 1922, a zamindar, Jhaverbhai, who owned Jhaverbhai Narottamdas & Company, gave ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulund Railway Station
Mulund is a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. Mulund railway station is connected via the Central Railway (India), Central Railway to South Bombay and remote places like Khopoli and Kasara. History Mulund station was built to serve the suburb of Mulund, which was laid out in the 1920s. In the 1970s a new goods terminal was constructed at Mulund to handle increased volumes of freight. 2003 Mumbai train bombing, On 13 March 2003 a bomb exploded on a train pulling into Mulund station at 19:45 hrs. 10 people were killed and 70 injured. File:Mulund Station.jpg, Main entrance of the station File:Mulund Station (3).jpg, Station board References {{Mumbai - Suburban Railway, Central Railway stations in India opened in 1915 Railway stations in Mumbai Suburban district Mumbai Suburban Railway stations Mumbai CR railway division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airoli Bridge
The Airoli Bridge is a bridge in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region of India. It was constructed to establish a direct road link between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. Structure Afcons Infrastructure, a subsidiary of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, constructed the bridge. The bridge was made from 800 box girders. The 1.03 km bridge marked the development of the Airoli and Thane- Belapur belt. The MSRDC collects tolls on the bridge. The toll rates for small passenger cars is set at ₹40 & for Trucks & Buses s set at ₹130. Geographical significance A road link connecting Thane–Belapur road and Eastern Express Highway has been established by this bridge. This bridge forms a junction on Thane – Belapur road at Airoli and meets the intersection of Eastern Express Highway and Goregaon–Mulund Link Road in Mumbai. This bridge is the second bridge connecting Mumbai to Navi Mumbai after the Vashi Bridge connecting the township of Vashi to Mankhurd. It is one of the most used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vani Vidyalaya
Vani Vidyalaya high school and junior college is located in Mulund West, Mumbai headed by South Indians Organisation. It is one of the oldest junior college in Mulund area. The classes are taught in English. A faculty of teachers are there in the school, science and commerce stream. The institution is equipped with a modern lab and a library. A ground is located just in front of the Institution. Mulund railway station Mulund is a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. Mulund railway station is connected via the Central Railway (India), Central Railway to South Bombay and remote places like Khopoli and Kasara. Histor ... is from this college. A new structure is currently under construction and is expected to complete over next 1-2 years. References {{authority control Universities and colleges in Mumbai Schools in Mumbai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulund College Of Commerce
Mulund College of Commerce, popularly known by the acronym MCC, is a college established and managed by Parle Tilak Vidyalay Association. The college is situated on the north-eastern boundary of Mumbai, in a suburb called Mulund. The college was founded in 1970 and counts Shri Babasaheb Pethe and Shri Baburao Paranjpe among its founders. The junior college wing was started in 1976. In the last five decades the college has developed from being a commerce college to one which offer higher education in multiple disciplines including science, management and media studies. The college offers 5 PG courses and has a research center in the subject of Business Economics. The college has been granted autonomous status in the year 2021. The college was awarded "Best College" status by University of Mumbai, in urban category, in the year 2012–13. It has been ranked A grade in all its three cycles of NAAC accreditation. The college is known for its distinguished alumni and has been on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia. The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language-speaking Koli people. For centuries, the seven islands of Bombay were under the control of successive indigenous rulers before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire, and subsequently to the East India Company in 1661, as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia. The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language-speaking Koli people. For centuries, the seven islands of Bombay were under the control of successive indigenous rulers before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire, and subsequently to the East India Company in 1661, as part of the dowry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)
The Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway is a public transit system serving Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It consists of 24 stations from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus ( formerly Victoria Terminus) to Kalyan, India, Kalyan Junction. The entire line is at grade. It has section of quadruple track starting from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and ends at Kasara, Roha, Uran and Khopoli in Maharashtra. The Central line in Mumbai consists of three major corridors, which bifurcate as they run into suburban satellite towns. Two corridors (one local and other through) on Central Railway run from CSMT to Kalyan Junction (55 km), from where it bifurcates into two lines – one running up to Kasara (67 km) in the north-east and the other running up to Khopoli (61 km) in the south-east. These two corridors constitute the 'Main' Line. The Central main line shares one station with the Western line at Dadar. They consist of a fleet of Siemens as well as Bombardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai Suburban District
Mumbai Suburban district (Marathi language, Marathi: ''Mumbai Upanagar Jilhā'') is the second most populous Districts of Maharashtra, district of Maharashtra in the Konkan Division. With its administrative headquarters in Bandra, the district consists of three subdivisions or tehsils (townships): Kurla, Andheri, and Borivali. The district along with Mumbai City district and other suburban localities make up ''Greater Mumbai''. The district occupies an area of 446 km2. This is the second smallest district of Maharashtra, and the jurisdiction of Mumbai Suburban district extends from Bandra to Dahisar, from Kurla to Mulund, and from Kurla up to Trombay creek. The district is one of the largest in the country by population. The current population is 9,356,962, according to the 2011 census of India, making it the fifth most populous district in India (out of Districts of India, 672). The Mithi River is the main river in the district. Talukas * Borivali * Kurla Proposed Taluka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Sanjay Gandhi National Park is a national park in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was established in 1969 with its headquarters situated at Borivali. The 2400-year-old Kanheri caves, sculpted by monks out of the rocky basaltic cliffs, lie within the park. Sanjay Gandhi National Park attract more than 2 million visitors every year. History The Kanheri caves, located centrally in the park, were important Buddhist learning centres and pilgrimage sites sculpted by Buddhist monks between the 9th and the 1st centuries BCE. They were chiselled out of a massive basaltic rock outcropping. In 1996, the park was renamed to Sanjay Gandhi National Park, after Sanjay Gandhi. The same year, some forests from the Thane division were merged into the park, further expanding its total area to . Geography The park occupies most of the northern suburbs of Mumbai. To the west lie the suburbs of Goregaon, Malad, Kandivali, Borivali and Dahisar. To the east lie the suburbs of Bhandup and Mulund. To the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjay Dina Patil
Sanjay Dina Patil (born 16 January 1969) is an Indian politician from Mumbai. He was elected to Maharashtra State assembly in 2004 from Bhandup. In 2009, he was elected to 15th Lok Sabha from Mumbai North East constituency in Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ... state in India, as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate. He lost the reelection for the same seat in 2014. He was succeeded by Kirit Somaiya of the Bharatiya Janata Party of India. Sanjay Dina Patil joined Shiv Sena on 4 October 2019. His father Dina Bama Patil was MLA from Mulund in 1985. Dina(nath) Patil had also contested elections to Vidhan Sabha unsuccessfully from Bhandup in 1978 and 1990 as Congress candidate. Positions held * 2004: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gridiron Plan
In urban planning, the grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at Angle#Types of angles, right angles to each other, forming a wikt:grid, grid. Two inherent characteristics of the grid plan, frequent intersections and orthogonal geometry, facilitate movement. The geometry helps with orientation and wayfinding and its frequent intersections with the choice and directness of route to desired destinations. In ancient Rome, the grid plan method of land measurement was called centuriation. The grid plan dates from antiquity and originated in multiple cultures; some of the earliest planned cities were built using grid plans in the Indian subcontinent. History Ancient grid plans By 2600 BC, Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, major cities of the Indus Valley civilization, were built with blocks divided by a grid of straight streets, running north–south and east–west. Each block was subdivided by small lanes. The cities and monasteries of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thane Railway Station
Thane (station code: TNA) is a NSG-1 category major railway station of the Indian Railways serving the city of Thane, Located in Maharashtra, it is one of the busiest railway stations in India. , Thane railway station handles 260000 people daily. More than 1,000 trains visit the station each day, including more than 330 long-distance trains. The station has 10 platforms. It is the origin and destination station of all trans-harbour suburban trains. When built, it was India's first passenger railway Station along with Bori Bunder railway station. History Thane railway station was the terminus for the first ever passenger train in India. On 16 April 1853, the first passenger train service was inaugurated from (now renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus), Mumbai to Thane Thane (; previously known as Thana, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city located on the northwestern side of the list of Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
