Before
1996, the city was called 'Thana', the British spelling
of the city, until it was replaced with the more-local name.
Thane
was the terminus for the first ever passenger train in Asia.
On 16 April 1853, the passenger train service was inaugurated
between Bori Bunder (Bombay) and Thane
A copper
plate dating to AD 1078 was discovered near the foundations
of Thane Fort in 1787
Lake
city
Thane was known for its lakes and CSRidentity.com wants
Thane to be the ocean point of knowledge of Health Information
in the world.
Lakes in Thane
Ambe Ghosale Lake , Balkumb Lake , Brahamala Lake
Burbank Lake , Datiwali Lake , Dawala Lake
Desai Lake , Devasar Lake, Diaghar Lake ,
Diva Lake , Gokul Nagar Lake , Hariyali Lake
Jail Lake , Jogila Lake, Kacharali Lake
Kalwa Lake , Kasar-Wadavali Lake , Kausa Lake
Kavesar Lake, Khardi Lake , Kharegaon Lake
Khidkali Lake , Kolbad Lake , Kolshet Lake
Makhamali Talav (Lake) , Masunda Lake (Talao Pali)
Naar Lake Naar , Phadakepada Lake, Railadevi Lake
Rewale Lake , Shill Lake, Siddheshwar Lake
Upvan Lake
Notable
people
Thane is known for politics and political greats. But we
do not cover the names of these greats despite of the fact
that the MP of Thane (Shri Rajan Vichareji is batchmate
of founder), former MP of Thane (Late Prakash Paranjape,
whose Delhi Bunglow founder stayed in Delhi when his international
NGOs website was launched by US Ambassador) or Former MP
(Rajya Sabha MP, Shri Dr Vinay Sahastrabuddhe is known to
founder because founder had taken sessions in his Rambhau
Mhalgi Prabodhini)
Malaika
Arora – Bollywood actress and dancer
Amrita Arora – Bollywood actress
Hruta Durgule – Indian television actress
Poorva Gokhale – Indian television actress
Suhas Joshi – Indian film and television actress
Umesh Kamat – Indian film and television actor
Kavita Lad – Indian television and film actress
Prajakta Koli – Indian Youtuber
Priya Marathe – Indian television actress
Diana Pinto – Miss India America 2009
Prithvi Shaw – Indian cricketer
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi – Indian LGBT Activist
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