Ulhasnagar is located on the west coast of India and is a city in the State of Maharashtra.
History
After the partition of India, over 100,000 Sindhi refugees from the newly created West Pakistan were relocated in the military camps five kilometres from Kalyan. It was converted into a township in 1949, and named Ulhasnagar by the then Governor-General of India, C. Rajagopalachari. However, the Sindhi prefer to call it Sindhunagar.
A suburban railway station was built in 1955. Five years later, the first municipal council was nominated. In 1965, elections to this council were held for the first time. Now this 22 square kilometer area holds 350,000 Sindhis, the largest enclave of this ethnic group in India. The town lies outside Mumbai city but in the Mumbai Conurbation. It is a major business district, with a claimed turnover of Rs. 1,000 crores (10 billion) in 1995.
Facts
According to the 2001 census, Ulhasnagar had an estimated population of 472,943 people. (http://www.mmrdamumbai.org/basic_councils.htm)
Ulhasnagar is approximately 60 Kilometers (KM) away from the City of Mumbai(Bombay).
Source : http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/ulhasnagar.html
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Last updated: 10-20-2005 03:10:03
