Interesting
facts an be man made or are gifted by nature
Interesting
facts in Thane
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 one of the two time MP of Thane (Shri Rajan Vichareji
is batchmate of founder), former MP of Thane (Late Prakash
Paranjape, Founder & his family stayed in his Delhi Bunglow
when founder's 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 Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, where Vinayji was head)
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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