Changes in ulhasnagar ecosystem of past 2 3 decades
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Ulhasnagar is a municipal city and the headquarters of the Tehsil (taluka) bearing the same name. It is a railway station on the Mumbai-Pune route of the Central Railway. Ulhasnagar, a colony of Sindhi Hindusmigrants the after the Partition of India(1947), is 68 years old. Situated 58 km from Mumbai, the once-barren land has developed into an urban town of Thane district. Originally, known as Kalyan Military transit camp, Ulhasnagar was set up especially to accommodate 6,000 soldiers and 30,000 others during World War II. There were 2,126 barracks and about 1,173 housed personals. The majority of barracks had large central halls with rooms attached to either end. The camp had a deserted look at the end of the war and served as a ready and commercial ideal ground for Partition victims. Sindhis, in particular, began life anew in the new land.
After the partition of India, over 1,00,000 Sindhi Hindus refugees from Sindh, Pakistanwere relocated to the deserted military camps five kilometres from Kalyan. The area was converted into a township in 1949 and foundation ceremony took place on 8 August 1949. The Governor-general of India, C. Rajagopalachari named the town Ulhasnagar and he also laid the foundation stone for the township. Not actually, it was called Ulhasnagar, because of its close proximity to Ulhas Plateau and its valley.
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. 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. Ulhasnagar is one of the major exporter of jeans, clothes, School Bags and fabrics not just in India but all over the world. Monthly production of jeans here is more than 500 million.
Apart from this Ulhasnagar has various Small Scale Manufacturing units which produces Confectinary, Textile Weaving, Furniture, Printing Press etc.
Ulhasnagar is also famous for Chaliya Sahib Temple in Ulhasnagar 5 and Lord Shiva Temple located at Hira ghat Ulhas Nagar 2
After the partition of India, over 1,00,000 Sindhi Hindus refugees from Sindh, Pakistanwere relocated to the deserted military camps five kilometres from Kalyan. The area was converted into a township in 1949 and foundation ceremony took place on 8 August 1949. The Governor-general of India, C. Rajagopalachari named the town Ulhasnagar and he also laid the foundation stone for the township. Not actually, it was called Ulhasnagar, because of its close proximity to Ulhas Plateau and its valley.
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. 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. Ulhasnagar is one of the major exporter of jeans, clothes, School Bags and fabrics not just in India but all over the world. Monthly production of jeans here is more than 500 million.
Apart from this Ulhasnagar has various Small Scale Manufacturing units which produces Confectinary, Textile Weaving, Furniture, Printing Press etc.
Ulhasnagar is also famous for Chaliya Sahib Temple in Ulhasnagar 5 and Lord Shiva Temple located at Hira ghat Ulhas Nagar 2
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