Native name	Kalyan
Type	City
Native name	Kalyan
State name	Maharashtra
Parliament const	Kalyan
Assembly const	Kalyan
Locator position	right
Area total	25
Population total	1800000
Literacy	90
Postal code	421301
Vehicle code range	MH-05
Std code	0251

Kalyan () is a city in Thane district of Maharashtra, and a major railway station lying at the junction of the north-east and south-east lines of the suburban Mumbai division of the Central Railway, 53 km north-east of Mumbai. Kalyan is also a major Taluka place, a tehsil of the Thane district. With its neighbouring township of Dombivli, Kalyan jointly forms the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation, abbreviated as KDMC. It is considered a part of the Greater Mumbai metropolitan agglomeration, along with Navi Mumbai and the cities of Bhiwandi, Thane, Ulhasnagar and the municipal councils of Ambernath & Badlapur.

History

Kalyan is a port for more than two millennia until siltation and the rise of Mumbai eclipsed it and its sister ports, Nallasopara, Thane, Vasai, etc. The port was ruled by the Maurya and Gupta Empires of North India and later was part of a petty Konkan principality vassal to the Yadava dynasty of Deogiri. Extensive ruins in Kalyan indicate the city's former magnificence.

After the Khilji sack of Deogiri, the Yadavas fled into the Konkan region and set up their base at Mahikawati, modern Mahim; Kalyan was a part of the brief Yadava state of Mahikawati. Mahikawati was conquered by the Muslims who set up petty coastal principalities.

As a major entrepot, Kalyan soon became, by 530-535 CE the seat of a Nestorian bishop. The Churches of South Asia which were ecclesiastically dependent on the Church of Assyria and Chaldea in Mesopotamia or modern Iraq, lands then subject to the Persian Empire (Sassanians), early fell with it into the Nestorian Schism and used Middle Persian as the liturgical language. The Konkan, Tulunad and Malabar Coasts of South Asia are marked by stone crosses with Pahlavi inscriptions.

According to some interpretations, Bombay region on the Konkan coast, a region which have been known after the ancient town Kalyan, was the field of Saint Bartholomew missionary activities and his martyrdom.

During the Middle Ages, Pope John XXII, headquartered at Avignon, sent a group of five missionaries to the Mongol Emperor at Khanbalik, modern Beijing in China, under the Dominican Fray Giordano or Jordanus. On their way, they picked up a novice, Demetrius, from West Asia and then travelled through South Asia, succoring the Nestorian Christians there, who were hard pressed by the Muslims. Giordano left his colleagues at Kalyan and travelled back north to Gujarat. During his absence, the Muslim governor and Qazi of Thane summoned the missionaries and demanded submission to Islam; when they refused, they were murdered (1321). The local Nestorians collected their remains and buried them; Giordano, on his return, took them to Sopara and buried them there. The Muslim Arab sultan of Gujarat, when informed of this development, summoned his governor of Thane and the Qazi; the Qazi fled but the governor was executed for his actions that militated against international commerce. When a later missionary, Odoric de Pordenone (:fr:Odoric de Pordenone), visited Thane in 1324-1325, he collected their remains and moved on to China.

The Martyrs of Thane were canonized by Pope Leo XIII and are Saints Thomas of Tolentino, James of Padua, Peter of Siena and Demetrius of Tiflis.

In the later Middle Ages, Kalyan was occupied by the Ahmednagar Sultanate, an indigenous dynasty founded by a man forcibly converted from a Hindu Brahmin family as a child, and then by the Bijapur Sultanate, an Indo-Turkish state in the Deccan in the 16th century, and later by the Mughals under the Emperor Shah Jahan, who fortified the city in the mid-17th century. It came under Portuguese sway for a brief time before being re-conquered by the Muslim allies of the Mughals, and was later conquered by the Marathas, who made it one of their strategic centers because it guarded the entrance to Mumbai and the western coast of India. Kashibai, wife of the Peshwa Bajirao was born in Kalyan. About eighty years after the Maratha conquest, the Maratha Empire was forced to cede it to the British and Kalyan became part of the Bombay Presidency, a British India province that became Bombay state after India's independence in 1947.

In the Middle Ages, when Kalyan was occupied by the Ahmednagar Sultanate, they gave name as Gulshanabad and in the time of Maratha it was changed to Kalyan..Kalyan is a port city of shivaji maharaj.

Attractions in Kalyan

#Durgadi Killa (Fort) of the Shivaji Era/ Eid-Gah. #Akshat Maha Ganpati Mandir (Peshwa Temple) #Pokharan Ganpati, Parnaka #Kala Talav, Kalyan #Acharya Atre Rang Mandir #Ganesh Ghat #Shri Swami Samarth Temple #Metro Junction Mall

Around Kalyan... #Shri Gajanan Maharaj Temple, Lonad #Birla Mandir, Shahad (One of the most beautiful temples, dating back centuries and a must visit, currently maintained by the Birla Group) # Siddhivinayak Mahaganapati Temple - Titwala 15 km # Malshej Ghat - 95 km #Haji Malang Dargah - 15km

Durgadi Fort (किल्ले दुर्गाडी)

The city of Kalyan was surrounded by a fort wall, the construction of which began during Shah Jahan's reign and was completed during Aurangzeb's reign in 1694 A.D. This city wall, which ran in excess of 2000 yards, 2123 to be precise, were guarded by 4 gates and 11 towers. The fort wall enclosed an area of 70 acres and on a high mound near the Kalyan creek, where the current Ganesh ghat stands, was a fine fort since as early as 1570.

Of the four gates the Adhar gate called after the village of Adhar about half a mile to the north, wall near the middle of the north wall; the Ganesh gate, about 400 yards distant, was near the middle of the east wall; the Ganesh gate is also called Jalela Darvaja, as it was burnt by the English in their first campaign (1780), the Panvel gate, about 700 yards distant, was near the middle of the south wall; and the Bandar or wharf gate, about 330 yards distant, was in the centre of the west wall. At the north-east corner of this area, on high ground on the river bank, was a fort nearly cut off from the city by a natural hollow, and, later, by a semicircular stone wall enclosing a space about long by a little less in breadth.

The wall of the fort along the top of the inner bank of the ditch, and, near the north end, had a gateway known as the Delhi or Killyacha Darwaja, which was entered by a path along the top of the north side of the town wall. Inside the fort there was a low belt of ground, about the same level, as the top of the ditch, with a shallow pond not far from the Delhi gate. The remains of the pond are still visible, in the north-west corner the fort rose in a small flat-topped mound about thirty feet high. On the top of the mound, on the west crest which overhangs and is about above the river, is the prayer wall or idgah, sixty-four feet long, thirteen high and seven thick, which is now in a dilapidated condition. This doubtful wall is said to be of the old Durga temple wall and is thickly plastered.

It is said that near the east crest of the mound there was a mosque, but no remains of it can be traced. About thirty to forty yards of the idgah was a round cut stone wall of great depth, eleven feet in diameter with a wall two feet eleven inches thick at the top, which has now completely, collapsed except the basement of the wall. Under the Marathas (1760–72), a new gate about to the south of the Ganesh gate was opened near the mansion of Ramji Mahadeo Biwalkar, the Peshwa s Governor. In the citadel of the fort Marathas built a small wooden temple of Durgadevi behind the mosque, and called the fort Durgadi Killa in honour of the goddess, a name which it still bears. They also converted the mosque into Ramji's temple. The fort measures in length and somewhat less in breadth. Under the English the fort wall was dismantled and stones carried to build the Kalyan and Thane piers and a dwelling for the customs inspector in the west of the Kalyan fort. The gate to the north-west is almost the only trace of the fort wall, which is of rough stone masonry. During 1876 the original idol of the goddess Durga was stolen.

Kaali Masjid : It was founded by Mughal emperor Akbar. It is located on the bank of the lake called as "Kala Talav".

Transport

The Tanga (Horse-Wagon) is the oldest and the cheapest mode of transport in Kalyan. It is now restricted only to a few areas of old Kalyan (Dudh Naka-Gandhi chowk - Tilak chowk - Parnaka areas). Besides, auto-rickhaws are also available. In 1999, the KDMC started its own bus service for Kalyan City and the nearby small villages. Using a motor-bike or bi-cycle, however, remains the best way of getting around in Kalyan.

The major modes of transportation in Kalyan are -

KDMT run city-bus service

Auto-rickshaws

Tanga (Horse wagon)

Private vehicles - Cycles, motorcycles, scooters & cars

The KDMT run bus services not only ply within the Kalyan city, but it also provides routine bus service facilities to nearby townships and villages. The major bus routes within the city limits are - #Ring route: Covers most of the areas along the periphery and touching all the major areas of Kalyan. This service starts and end at Kalyan railway station. The ring route buses ply either via Durgadi killa route or via Birla college route. #Yogi Dham: For the residents of Yogi Dham and nearby areas. #Godrej Hill: For the benefits of residents of Godrej hill and nearby areas. #Nearby villages in its Tehsil: Khadegolavali, Mohone, Ambivali, Manivali, Umbarde, Ghotsai, Balyani, Titwala, Mhaskal, Apti, Rayate, Dahagaon Poi, Mamnoli, Dahivali, Saravali, Vehengale, Bhivandi, Jambhul Vasahat, Khoni, Hedutane, Narivali, Usatane, Wadavli, Malanggad, Khidkali, Dombivali, Shil Phata, Shirdhon. #Surrounding townships: Vashi, CBD Belapur, Nerul, Ulhanagar, Ambernath, Badlapur.

Besides KDMT, nowadays for the inter-city commuting Ulhasnagar municipal corporation started its own buses that ply along the major routes in Kalyan and connects to major areas in Ulhasnagar.

Also, there are a few Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) buses that ply from Kalyan to a few areas in Navi Mumbai including CBD Belapur, Nerul, Vashi and Panvel.

Read more about auto-rickshaws in the Civic amenities section below.

Parts of Kalyan

Kalyan city is divided into two parts: East and West. They are connected via Patripul.

Kalyan East : Saibaba Nagar, Vaishnavi Park, (in Kailash nagar) Gurudatta Apartment, comprises Lok Vasahat (Lok Gram, Lok Dhara and Lok Vatika), Netivali (Tejpal nagri), Dr Nair Wadi near lokgram police station, Suchak Naka, Chakki Naka, Sastri Nagar, Chetna, Amar Deep Colony, Tata Power locality, Radhe Krishna park complex, Sunrise Valley, Anmol Garden Complex, Nandivili, Netivali Area, Chinchpada, Hanuman Nagar (Ma Santoshi Complex), Katemanivali, Anandwadi, Milind Nagar, Kailash Nagar, Kolsewadi, Vijaynagar, Tisgaon, Shivaji Colony, Siddhartha Nagar, Karpewadi, New Jimmy Baug, Waldhuni and Patripool area etc.

Kalyan West comprises Station Area (Nehru Chowk), Bail Bazaar, Govind Wadi, Ghas Bazaar, Reti Bunder Shivaji Chowk, Shankar Rao Chowk, Ahilyabai Chowk, Tilak Chowk, Bazar Peth, Gandhi Chowk, Parnaka, Dudhnaka, Raheja Complex, Sahajanand Chowk, Agra Road, Lal Chowki, Adharwadi, Durgadi Killa Area, Murbad Road, Syndicate, Ramdas Wadi, Pournima Talkies, Karnik Road, Kala Talao, Chikanghar, Rambaug Lane [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], Joshibaug, Birla College Road, Beturkar Pada, Mhasoba Maidan, Sahyadri Nagar, Gauripada, Anupam nagar, Yogidham, Vidhi complex, Khadak Pada, Godrej Hill, Radha Nagar some parts of Shahad.

The old Kalyan consists of basically from Kalyan station area, Shivaji Chowk, Shankarrao Chowk, Ahilyabai Chowk, Bazaar Peth, Gandhi chowk, Tilak Chowk, Parnaka & Dudhnaka, Agra road, Lalchowki to Durgadi Fort.

In past few years sprawling new buildings and multi-facility residential complexes have mushroomed in several rural & village patches of Kalyan namely Adharawadi, Khadak Pada, Godrej Hills, Gandhari, Wayale Nagar, Barave Gaon.

Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation includes small villages neighbouring of kalyan.

Civic Amenities

Kalyan is a part of Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation established in 1995. Although being a fifth largest township in Maharashtra after Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur & Thane with a population of more than a million, still this city lacks basic civil amenities required for respectable urban living.

#Electric supply: The township receives it electric supply from the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB). Despite the fact of being a part of the Greater Mumbai metropolitan agglomeration, the township faces 4 hours of load shedding everyday. Hence, there is widespread use of inverters / generators for power backup in the city. From October 2010 loading shedding in kalyan area has been stopped. there is continuous power for 24 hours #Roads: The inner arterial roads and even the main roads in the KDMC limits are in a very bad state. Perpetual road-digging and subsequent mediocre patch work leaves the road in a sorrowful state. At many a places, even the main roads do not have street-lights, and at places which do have, malfunctioning sodium-vapour street lamps leaves a lot to be desired. The pot-hole riddled roads along with inadequate and malfunctioning street-lights makes commuting in the city a pathetic experience. #Water supply:There is grave problem of clean water supply to the township as there are frequent incidence of contaminated water supply. It is sorrowful that Thane districts townships, which supplies water to Mumbai, are deprived of such a basic facility. #City transport:City transport services is provided by the Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Transport run buses (KDMT) which runs city buses along the major routes in the city and surrounding townships & villages. However, auto-rickshaws remains a major source of transport in the city. In the recent past, the number of auto-rickshaws in the city has seen a dramatic rise, albeit a highly disorganised one. The problem has been compounded by the fact that the bus services provided by KDMT are of poor quality and insufficient to serve the expanding needs of the populace township. Although, there is a vast area available for ST bus stand, very little or virtually no space is allocated for KDMT bus services. The KDMT buses stops on the main station road and this usually leads to major traffic-jams during the peak hours near the railway station. The frequency of the ring-route buses & buses to other newly developing areas like Godrej Hill, Barave Gaon, Gandhari etc. must be increased to solve the road transportation woes of the city dwellers. #Disorganised auto-rickshaw system: This is proving out to be the area of greatest concern to the residents of Kalyan. Due to the inefficient services of KDMT, the city dwellers heavily rely on auto-rickshaws for commuting to railway stations. However, the auto-rickshaws do not ply of metre basis and instead prefer the sharing pattern on major routes. While seat-sharing may be beneficial for commuters to major areas areas like Syndicate, Birla college, Tilak chowk and such, people living in the interiors like are not benefited by this system and usually have to cough out ridiculous tariffs even for short distances. People find it very difficult to get auto-rickshaws during the peak hours hours in from near the railway station area. Reason for the same are as follows: ##6-seaters rickshaws plying between Ulhasnagar & Kalyan were banned by law due to revised emission norms. Hence, auto-rickshaw drivers prefer to go to high tariff long distance routes like Ulhasnagar. ##There are rickshaw stands in Kalyan Station area for rickshaws going to Ulhasnagar, but there are no rickshaw stands for residential areas like Birla College, RTO Office, Chikanghar, etc. This has become major reason of auto-rickshaw woes during peak hours for the denizens of Kalyan. ##Recently, some efforts are being made for maintaining a queue system near the railway station, but these efforts aren't sustained due to lack the callous attitude of administrators and selfish interests of the rickshwa- drivers. #Haphazard development : Kalyan railway station area is a classic example of haphazard urban development. There is a major railway junction, ST bus stand, railway court, railway police station, Tehsildar office, police station, civil court, KDMC bus stop, major market, rickshaw stands, two-storeyed parking lot, open parking space, sky walk, restaurants and illegal street hawkers in the same area. This has resulted in heavy traffic jams & the chaotic situation it creates has become a daily feature during the rush hours. During Raj Thakrey's arrest and his hearing at the Kalyan court, this area witnessed riots, stone-pelting & lathi-charge, thereby affecting all other places in the vicinity. #Public parks & playgrounds: There are only three public Parks in Kalyan West area i.e. Rani Laxmibai Park (Near Commissioner Bungalow), Nana- Nani Park at Near Gurudev Hotel & Park Near Lord Shivas Paradise in Chikanghar. There are only 3 play grounds i.e. Maxi Ground, Subhash Maidan & Birla College Ground. This is not adequate to meet the requirements of a populace township like Kalyan (Population of approx. 4-5 lakhs). #Capacity to handle natural calamities: Kalyan, being situated on the banks of Ulhas River, along with proximity to Gandhari and Waldhuni river, is always prone to flooding during monsoons. The deluge of 26 July 2005, saw Kalyan being badly affected as it was totally cut-off from the neighbourhood for 3 days. However, the devastation in Kalyan & surrounding areas was highly under reported vis-a-vis areas in Mumbai like Kalina, Kurla etc. The disaster control systems haven't improved much since then and the situation remains the same. Sprawling constructions near the banks of Ulhas River may make future disasters even dangerous. #Real-estate bubble: Although, suffering from all modern day civic problems, natural & man-made as mentioned above, there is rapid real estate development in the township. Areas like Rambaug, Syndicate, station road, Shivaji chowk are commanding a price of nearly Rs.4000/- per square foot. Areas like Khadakpada, Yogi Dham, Godrej hill, Adharwadi, Barave, Shahad, Katemanivali and Ambivali has seen many major construction companies taking interest in them, and thereby seeing rapid construction activities. #Medical facilities: There medical facilities available in Kalyan is way ahead as compared to neighbouring suburbs of Ambernath, Badalapur, Ulhasnagar etc. There are well known hospitals like Shree Devi hospital, Phadke Hospital, Meera Hospital, Shree Hospital, Apex Hospital in Kalyan, and also Fortis Hospital. In addition to these, there is also a very good Railway hospital available for the railway employees at Kalyan. Plus, there is a municipal hospital, the Rukminibai Hospital near Kalyan station. However, the municipal hoispital offers very mediocre facilities. Due to absence of good government and municipal hospital in the city, the cost of advanced medical facilities are very high in Kalyan . Serious cases are often referred to reputed hospitals in Mumbai. There is a great need of good government facilitated hospital like J.J. or K.E.M in the city.

Schools and colleges

Mumbai University Colleges

Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce

K.M. Agrawal College Of Arts, Commerce and Science, Kalyan (West)

Seth Hirachand Mutha College Of Arts, Commerce and Science

Sonawane College of Arts, Commerce and Science

Mohindersingh Kabulsingh College of Arts, Commerce and Science.

Model College, Kalyan (East)

Saket College, Kalyan (East)

New High School Junior College

Hindi Junior College

R.K Junior College

G.E.I's Jr. college (Subhedar Wada)

Schools

Ideal English High School, Kalyan(E)

Capt. R. M. Oak High School (Balak-Mandir)

St. Mary's High School

Arya Gurukul www.aryagurukul.com

Birla School(CBSE affiliated) Birla College Road, Khadakpada, Kalyan(West) http://www.birlaschoolkalyan.com/

Old Lourdes English High School

St. Jude's High School, Kalyan (E)

Rao Saheb Govind Karsan Ramji Vidhyalaya(RSGKRV)

MJBK kanya Vidhyalaya

G.E.I'S High School & Jr. College (Subhedar Wada)

Subhedar Wada primary School

Abhinav Vidya Mandir

Sharda Mandir High School

Shree Gajanan Vidyalay

Sri Vani Vidyashala High School

New Sri Vani Vidyashala High School, Raheja Complex, Kalyan W

Adarsh Hindi High School

Adarsh Vinodini Mandal High School (known as Shishuvihar)

Nutan Vidyalay, Karnik Road, Kalyan(West)

Ganesh Vidya Mandir, Kalyan (East)

Gayatri Vidyalaya, Kalyan (East)

Central Railway School and Junior College

Saraswati Vidya Mandir (Rail Child School)

Don Bosco School

Girish Poojari

Girls High School

Guru Nanak English High School

Bhairavnath madhyamik Vidyalay

Hindi High School Junior College

Holy Cross Convent School

K.C.Gandhi English School

Mohinder Singh Kabal Singh English High School

Mohinder Singh Kabal Singh English High School and college

National Urdu High School

Sri Vani Vidyashala High School

Lok Kalyan Public School (CBSE affiliated)

G. E. I.'s New High School

Nirmala Hindi High School

Nutan Hindi School

Shiv Shambhu Hindi Vidyalaya, Mahaveernagar, Khadegolawali, Vithalwadi(E)Kalyan http://www.pss.org.in

Symbiosis School

Poddar International School

Model English High School

Sai English High School

Nalanda Vidyalya

Central Railway Secondary and Higher Secondary School

samrat ashok English high school

St. Ywan Chwang English high school

R.K. Hindi High School

Mahant Kamaldas School

M. K. English High School

st thomas high school, vijay nagar.(http:www.stthomaskalyan.com www.stthomaskalyan.com)

St. Thomas English High School, Karnik rd.,Rambaug, Kalyan(w)

Shopping

Metro Junction Mall, Kalyan(E).

Mahavir shopping Centre, Agra Road, Kalyan (W).

Laxmi Market, Station Road, Kalyan (W).

Shivaji chowk, Kalyan (W).

Bazaar Peth for Jewellery's & home appliances, Kalyan (W)

APMC Market for Whole-sale Vegetable foods and flowers, Kalyan (W)

Villages in Kalyan Taluka

Balyani Bapsai Barave Bere Bhopar Chavare Chikanghar 1 Chikanghar 2 Chinchavali Chole Dahagaon Dahivali

Adivali	|	Danbav	Guravali	Khadegolavali II	Mharal I	Nimbavli	Sagaon Sonarpada	Usarghar	Vaveghar
Ambivali	|	Davdi	Hedutane	Khadivali	Mharal II	Netivali	Sandap	Ushid	Vaveghar
Ankhar	|	Dombivli (Rural)	Jambhulmohili	Khoni	Mhaskal	Ozarli	Shahad 1	Utane	Vehele
Antade	|	Dombivli (Urban)	Ju	Kole	Mohili	Palsoli	Shahad 2	Vadavli Budruk
Antarli	|	Gajabandhan Patharli	Kachore	Kolimb	Mohone urban area XIX	Phalegaon	Shidhon	Vadavli tarf Barhe
Ane	|	Galegaon	Kalyan (Urban area XVII)	Kolivali	Mos	Pimpaloli	Sangode	Vadavli khurd
Aapti Barhe	|	Gandhare	Kambe	Kopar	Nadgaon	Pisavali	Sapad	Vadeghar 1
Aapti Chon	|	Gerse	Katai	Kunde	Nalimb	Poi	Thakurli	Vadeghar 2
Arela	|	Gharivali	Katemanivali I	Mamnoli	Nandap	Rayate	Tis	Vaholi
Asdegolavali	|	Ghesar	Katemanivali II	Mande	Nandivali tarf Ambernath	Raye	Titwala	Valkas
Atali	|	Ghotsai	Kelni	Manivali	Nandivali tad Pachanand	Revate	Umbarde	Varap
Ayare	|	Goveli	Khadegolavali I	Manjarli Barhe	Nilaje	Runde	Umbharni	Vasat Shelvali

Timber Processing Zone near Kalyan

Maharashtra Government has given permission to Maharashtra Timber Industries Promoters, Kalyan, to set up a Timber Processing Zone near Kalyan at Posari village, which is 11 km from Kalyan Railway station and 7 km from Taloja MIDC, and 43 km from JNPT port. The Project is spread over of land. Chichpada Goan

Kalyan International Airport near Kalyan-Nevali

As a result of the some objections being raised by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on the current proposed location of the Navi Mumbai International Airport near Kopra Panvel area, because the construction of the airport would involve reclamation of low-lying areas in an ecologically fragile zone as well as destruction of several hectares of mangroves, other locations were being actively being considered, which includes the one off village Nevali near Kalyan-Ambernath 55 km away from the current airport in Mumbai. There exists an old and abandoned air-strip of World War II era and the Union Defence Ministry owns the of land on which it is located. The proposal is now centred around those of land. If the current location at Kopra Panvel does not go through, then the Kalyan-Newali location would be considered for a future Kalyan International Airport which would serve as a much needed second International airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan region. But, Minisstry of Forest & Environmental Affairs has given Green Signal to the Navi Mumbai International Airport, after modifications in Plan of Airport. Hence, the possibility of having second airport of Mumbai in Kalyan has ended.

Recent development projects in Kalyan

Skywalks: To ease traffic around the station area, MMRDA has constructed a 1.4 km long Skywalk, at the cost of a whopping 840 million Rupees, under the Station Area Traffic Improvement Scheme (SATIS),making it the most expensive skywalk in Mumbai. Another skywalk linking the East-West parts of Kalyan is now under development.

The JNNURM project is being implemented to improve water supply and sewage facilities in Kalyan by putting up pipelines under important highways. This has been done to avoid any situation similar to the Mumbai floods of 2006, which severely affected the suburb.

Proposed Developments

MMRDA has drawn up plans for a monorail link between Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan over a three year duration at the cost of Rs. 3000 Crores. The project is in the planning stage.

Developments on revamping Kalyan Junction as another Railway Terminus are planned to ease rail transport in Mumbai.

MMRDA has plans for a multi-modal bus rapid transport system (BRTS) and mass rapid transport system (MRTS) which will cover Kalyan as well.

A four-lane expressway will enable people to travel between Virar-Vasai-Diva-Bhiwandi-Kalyan-Panvel to Alibag in a matter of few hours. The four-lane expressway will have wide footpaths, subways, foot-over bridges and service roads linking the major towns on the route.

The project of developing roads in Kalyan is on at a full pace. A sum of Rs 300 crore is being spent on construction of roads, railway over-bridge, bridges, under-passes and subways.

There are reports of MMRDA pondering over turning the suburbs of Kalyan-Dombivli as solar cities. Solar power and products may soon be welcomed.

More malls are under development in Kalyan, adding to the existing ones, Metro Junction Mall and Sarvoday Mall.

Two monorail corridors from Kalyan are proposed by authorities, one 26 km long, linking Kalyan - Ulhasnagar - Dombivli and another, 30 km long, connecting Kalyan to Mahape. These projects are expected to be completed by 2020.

With all these projects Kalyan is set to be another coveted suburb of Mumbai soon.

Local Websites

KDMC :: Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation.

:: A Kalyan City Informative Website .

Kalyanguide.com :: A Kalyan City Portal.

Kalyan Dombivli Express :: Local Web News Portal.

Kalyan Dombivli Plus :: Local Online Newspaper.

Kalyan City Life :: A Kalyan City Blog.

Properties and Upcoming Residential projects in Kalyan.

http://www.kalyancityonline.com :: A Kalyan City online Portal.

References

Category:Konkan Category:Mumbai CST-Kalyan rail line Category:Kalyan-Igatpuri rail line Category:Kalyan-Lonavala rail line Category:Talukas in Maharashtra Category:Thane district Category:Railway junction stations in India Category:Cities and towns in Thane district

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name	Shruti Haasan
birth date	January 28, 1986
birth name	Shruti Rajalakshmi Haasan
birth place	Chennai, India
yearsactive	1992; 1997; 2000–present
occupation	Actress, Singer, Model, Music composer }}

Shruti Haasan ( ; ) is an Indian actress, singer and music composer who has worked in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. Her parents are noted actors, Kamal Haasan and Sarika. As a child artiste, she sang in films and appeared in a guest role, before making her adult acting debut in the 2009 action drama, ''Luck''. She has won acclaim for her role in the Walt Disney fantasy film, ''Anaganaga O Dheerudu''. She is currently filming for several projects including A. R. Murugadoss's ''7aam Arivu'' alongside Suriya.

She has also continued her stint in music through work as a singer in regional Indian languages, a career in music direction beginning with her father's production ''Unnaipol Oruvan'' and her own music band and album.

Career

Early career

Shruti Rajalakshmi Haasan was born to actors Kamal Hassan and Sarika in Chennai, India. Her younger sister Akshara represents India nationally for Ballroom Latin dancing. Haasan studied at Abacus in Chennai and moved to Mumbai to study psychology at St. Andrew’s College.

Haasan shifted her focus to cinema and music, and eventually travelled to the USA to continue to learn music at the Musicians Institute in California, before returning to Chennai.

Singing

Shruti Haasan sang her first song aged just six in her father's ''Thevar Magan'' in the composition of Ilaiyaraaja. While in school, Haasan made her singing debut in the Hindi language film, ''Chachi 420'', singing a duet with her father who also directed the film. Shruti sang the bilingual versions of the title theme, ''Rama Rama'' with her father, in Hindi and in Tamil for the movie ''Hey Ram''. The album from Ilayaraaja, which was critically praised, won Haasan accolades for her efforts with ''Screen India'' saying that she "has the makings of a good singer, and with some training she should go great guns".

Shruti sang with veteran singer K J Yesudas for the movie 'En Mana Vaanil' under Ilaiyaraaja's music. The song was 'Roattorap paattuch chaththam'. The movie was released in 2002. She has sung for Gautham Menon's ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' under the composition of Harris Jayaraj. As of November 2008, Haasan is also midway through her untitled debut album, which she has composed, written and sung, and is set for release in mid-2009. A further song was recorded with her voice for her Hindi film, ''Luck''.

In September 2010, Haasan collaborated with Dave Kushner for the film, ''Hisss''. Whilst Kushner composed the track, Shruti wrote the lyrics, sang and appeared in a promotional video for the film.

Acting

After pursuing a career in singing Shruti also entered into modelling. She appeared in the ''Frappe!'' magazine of September 2007 and in ''Verve''.

In 2000, Haasan made a cameo appearance as the daughter of Vallabhai Patel in the biopic of Mahatma Gandhi.

After rejecting prominent film offers, most notably the lead role in Venkat Prabhu's ''Saroja'', reports suggested in late 2007 that Haasan was set to make her full debut as a heroine in 2008 with a movie opposite Madhavan directed by Nishikanth Kamath. Despite Madhavan admitting that the news "was premature", she signed up to the film, which was titled, ''Endrendrum Punnagai'', only to be stalled prior to production. Eventually Haasan signed up to Soham Shah's ''Luck'' opposite Imran Khan, a Bollywood film. However, despite the film gathering much publicity prior to release, it became a critical and commercial flop. In mid 2010, Shruti was signed by A. R. Murugadoss to star opposite Surya Sivakumar in his next film ''7aam Arivu'', and the film's shoot began in June. She made her Telugu Debut in January 2011, acting opposite Siddharth in the fantasy adventure film Anaganaga O Dheerudu directed by Prakash Kovelamudi son of director K. Raghavendra Rao. The film was made with a budget of 27Crores and is co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures.

She has also given her voice to an HIV/AIDS education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organization TeachAIDS.

Music composing

After much speculation, Shruti Haasan was finalized as the music composer of the Tamil film ''Unnaipol Oruvan'' which released in 2009. The bilingual is a remake of the successful Hindi film, ''A Wednesday!''. The soundtracks of both the projects are separate. Apart from this, Shruti is also the vocalist of an alternative rock band The Extramentals.

Discography

Movie Soundtrack

Movie Soundtrack
	* Released: 2009

Songs

1997 in music2000 in music2002 in music2008 in music rowspan=4 rowspan="3">''Unnaipol Oruvan'' rowspan=3

Release !! Album !! Composer
"Potri Paadadi Ponne"	1992 in music>1992	''Thevar Magan''
"Jaago Gori"	1997 ||	''Chachi 420''	Vishal Bharadwaj
"Ram Ram"	2000 ||	''Hey Ram''	Ilaiyaraaja
"Roattorap Paattuch Chaththam"	2002 ||	''En Mana Vaanil''	Ilaiyaraaja
"Adiye Kolluthe"	2008 ||	''Vaaranam Aayiram''	Harris Jayaraj
"Aazma (Luck Is The Key)"	2009 ||	Luck (2009 film)>Luck	Salim-Sulaiman
"Allah Jaane"		Shruti Haasan
"Unnaipol Oruvan"
"Vaanam Ellai"
"Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam"	2010||	—	A. R. Rahman
"Nenapidu Nenapidu"	Prithvi (2010 film)>Prithvi''
"Beyond The Snake"	''Hisss''
"Evan Ivan"	2011 ||	Udhayan (film)>Udhayan''	Manikanth Kadri

Filmography

2000 ''Luck (2009 film) Herself ''Hisss'' ''Anaganaga O Dheerudu Nikki Narang ''3 (2012 film)

Year !! Movie !! Role !! Language !! Notes
	|	''Hey Ram''	Shruti Patel	Tamil language>TamilHindi	Cameo appearance
rowspan="2"	2009	Luck'' ||	Ayesha Kumar,Natasha Kumar	Hindi
''Unnaipol Oruvan''	|	Tamil	Special appearance in promotional video
	2010	|	Herself	English language>English	Special appearance in promotional video
rowspan="4"	2011	Anaganaga O Dheerudu'' ||	Priya	Telugu language>Telugu
''Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji''	|	Hindi
''7aam Arivu''	|	Tamil	Filming
''Oh My Friend''	|	Telugu	Filming
rowspan="2"	2012	3'' ||		Tamil	Filming
''Gabbar Singh (film)	Gabbar Singh''	|	Telugu	Filming

References

External links

Official website

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Name	The Enigma
Birth name	Paul Lawrence
Birth place	Seattle
Known for	extensive body modifications
Occupation	performer, actor, musician
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The Enigma, born Paul Lawrence, is a sideshow performer, actor, and musician who has undergone extensive body modification, including horn implants, ear reshaping, multiple body piercings, and a full-body jigsaw-puzzle tattoo. His tattooing process began on December 20, 1992, under the needle of "Katzen the Tiger Lady," heavily tattooed herself, whom he later married, and has since divorced. To date, the Enigma has had more than two hundred tattoo artists work on him, with as many as twenty-three underway at one time.

Biography

The Enigma was raised in Seattle and began studying music when he was six years old. In 1991, he was a founding member of the Jim Rose Circus, with which he toured until 1998. The Enigma then toured with Katzen, playing music and doing sideshow performances under the moniker "Human Marvels". He performed at Universal Studios Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights event in fall 2007, performing various tricks with fire, power tools, and blades. He has also performed at Detroit's Theatre Bizarre.

Media Appearances

The Enigma has appeared in a number of television programs including ''The X-Files'' (episode "Humbug") where he played the Conundrum, and ''Penn & Teller: Bullshit!''. The Enigma was featured in the 2005 documentary film ''Freaky Circus Guy'' alongside sideshow performers Katzen, Danielle D'Meux, and William Darke. In 2004, The Enigma appeared with Mike Patton, Jane Wiedlin, Karen Black and Katzen, in Steve Balderson's film ''Firecracker''. A toy based on the Enigma's ''X-Files'' character the Conundrum was sold as part of Palisades Toys' ''X-Files'' PALz action figure line. He currently performs with Serana Rose in a freak show act called Show Devils.

References

External links

TheEnigmaLive.com

The Enigma on BMEzine

Interview in ''Prick'' magazine

Interviews with The Enigma and Katzen on tattoo website

Enigma Interview with Paul Clark, 1997

Official Website of Show Devils The Enigma's Current Touring Show

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name	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr.
birth date	May 20, 1983
birth place	Hyderabad, India
birth name	Nandamuri Tarak Ram
websites	http://www.jrntr.com/
occupation	Actor
othernames	Jr. NTR, Tarak
yearsactive	1996 to present
spouse	Lakshmi Pranathi
notable role	Simhadri }}

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr. (born May 20, 1983), popularly known as Jr. NTR or Tarak is a Popular Indian film actor who appears in Telugu movies. He is son of actor/politician Nandamuri Harikrishna and Shalini. He is the grandson of Legendary actor turned politician NTR.

Starting his career as a child actor with ''Ramayanam'' (1996) as a child artist, Tarak began his professional career five years later as a lead actor with ''Ninnu Chudalani'' (2001). His work includes ''Student No. 1'', ''Aadi'', ''Simhadri'', ''Yamadonga'', ''Adhurs'', ''Brindaavanam''. Tarak has established himself as one of the most prominent, leading, and successful actors of Telugu cinema.

Early life

Tarak was born out of wedlock to Harikrishna and Shalini. He is the grandson of Telugu cinema legendary actor NTR. He has two half brothers, Kalyan Ram and Janaki Ram and a half sister. He is also nephew of actor Nandamuri Balakrishna. He did his schooling at Vidyaranya in Hyderabad. He was highly influenced by his Legendary Grandfather NTR from his childhood and developed interest in cultural and social activities. He learned Kuchipudi( famous South Indian Classical dance) during his school days and performed shows at various places both in India and abroad winning laurels and awards. His debut movie as a child artiste was in his grandfather's film 'Brahmarshi Viswamithra' in the year 1993.

Career

He began his career as a child artist. His first movie he starred in was ''Brahmarshi Viswamithra'' directed by NTR himself. But his full length major role movie was ''Bala Ramayanam'' directed by Guna Shekar. Tarak made his re-entry into the Tollywood with Ninnu Choodalani in 2001; but it failed to perform well at the box office. However in the same year he went on to gain fame with ''Student No. 1'', directed by S.S. Rajamouli, followed by soft said Love story ''Subbu'' and ''Aadi'', which was a blockbuster, and created immediate stardom for him. In year 2003, he came up with a Political Movie Naaga. Even though the movie raised some political issues worth giving a thought, it settled as an average However his next movie ''Simhadri'' went on to become a Blockbuster. In 2004, his career took a down turn with ''Andhrawala''. Though ''Samba'' fared as above average grosser his next movies Naa Alludu and Narasimhudu released in year 2005 did badly at box office, in 2006, his film ''Ashok (film)'' had the biggest opening week gross in his career but did not appease his fans.

His next movie ''Rakhi'' directed by Pasupuleti Krishna Vamsi which proved a success at the box office, has gained him admirable reviews from fans and critics alike. His next movie, Yamadonga, which was inspired by his grandfather’s blockbuster Yamagola, released in August 2007 brought him back into the super-hit stream, and became the sensational movie of the year. Jr. NTR's next film was ''Kantri'', released in May 2008 exposed his superb skill of dancing. In year 2010 he appeared in two movies, and both of them ''Adhurs'' in which he played a dual role and Brindavanam succeeded well at box-office. ''Shakthi'' released on 1 April 2011 and it failed to perform well at the box office.

Jr. NTR is currently shooting for directer Surender Reddy. Another movie under the direction of Boyapati Seenu was launched on February 18, 2011.

Politics

Jr. NTR was one of the campaigners for the Telugu Desam Party, for the Indian general election, 2009 from April to May 2009.

Personal life

Tarak became was engaged to his distant relative Lakshmi Pranathi on 1 April 2010. The couple married on May 5, 2011 at a private ceremony at shilpa kala vedika, Hyderabad.

Filmography

''Brahmarshi Viswamitra'' ''Ramayanam (Bala Ramayanam)'' ''Ninnu Chudalani'' Aadithya ''Subbu'' ''Naaga'' ''Andhrawala'' Samba Shiva Naidu ''Naa Alludu'' ''Ashok (film) Ramakrishna ''Yamadonga'' ''[[Kanthri">Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) ''[[Kanthri'' ''Adhurs'' Krishna (Krish) ''Shakti (2010 film)

colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;"	As Actor
Year	Title	Role
rowspan="1"	1991	|
rowspan="1"	1996	|	Lord Rama
rowspan="2"	2001	|	Venu
''Student No.1''	|| Winner Nandi Special Jury Award
rowspan="3"	2002	|	subbu
''Aadi (film)	Aadi''
''Allari Ramudu''	Ramakrishna
rowspan="2"	2003	|	Naaga
''Simhadri (film)	Simhadri''
rowspan="2"	2004	|	Shankar PehalwanMunna
''Samba (film)	Samba''	|| Winner Nandi Special Jury Award
rowspan="2"	2005	|	KarthikMurugan
''Narasimhudu''	Kondaveeti Narasimhudu
rowspan="2"	2006	Ashok'' ||	Ashok
''Rakhi (2006 film)	Rakhi''	|| Winner Nandi Special Jury Award
rowspan="1"	2007	|	Raja	Winner, 2008
rowspan="1"	2008	|	Kranthi	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
rowspan="2"	2010	|	NarasimhaNarasimhachari	Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)Nominated, CineMAA Award for Best Actor- Male>CineMAA Award for Best Actor
''Brindaavanam''	|Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)| Winner Nandi Special Jury Award
rowspan="4"	2011	Shakti'' ||	ShaktiRudra
''Ooservelli (2011 film)	Ooservelli''	Tony

colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;"	As Playback Singer
Year	Song	Film
rowspan="1"	2007	Olammi Tikkareginda
rowspan="1"	2008	123 Nenoka Kantri
rowspan="1"	2010	Chary

References

External links

JrNTR.com

Category:1983 births Jr. NTR Category:Telugu people Category:Living people Category:Telugu actors

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name	Ram Charan
birth place	Uttar Pradesh, India
nationality	Indian
occupation	business consultant, speaker, and writer
residence	Dallas, TX, USA
alma mater	Banaras Hindu UniversityHarvard Business School
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Dr. Ram Charan (born Ramcharan in 1939 in Uttar Pradesh, India) is a business consultant, speaker, and writer.

Personal life

Charan worked in his family's shoe shop in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India while growing up. He earned a degree in engineering from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University and later studied at Harvard Business School, where he was awarded an MBA (1965) and a doctorate (1967). Before becoming a full-time consultant in 1978, he taught at the Harvard Business School, the Kellogg School of Management, and Boston University.

Charan is not married and has no children. At age 67, he purchased his first apartment in Dallas, TX. Before this purchase, he did not have a home and spent every night in a hotel room or at an associate's residence. His assistants in Dallas send him new clothes via courier and he returns his dirty laundry to them.

Career

Charan has consulted for companies such as GE, KLM, Bank of America and Jaypee Associates. He is the author of various books on business, including ''Talent Masters'', ''Leaders At All Levels''', ''Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times'', ''Boards That Deliver'', ''What The CEO Wants You To Know'', ''Boards At Work'', ''Every Business Is A Growth Business'' (with Noel Tichy), ''Profitable Growth Is Everyone's Business'', ''Confronting Reality'',Know How and ''Execution'' (with Larry Bossidy and Charles Burck), which was a best-seller.

Charan run his business management consulting company under the name Charan Associates located in Dallas, TX. Records show the company was established in 1981 and incorporated in Texas. Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of $500,000 to $1 million and employs a staff of approximately 1 to 4. Charan sits on the board for Austin Industries, SSA & Company (formerly Six Sigma Academy), and Tyco Electronics.

Charan partnered with Kevin Cope and Stephen M.R. Covey to form Acumen Learning. Acumen Learning and Ram Charan have an agreement to use the concepts in his book: "What the CEO Wants You to Know". Ram has helped to define and popularize the idea of business acumen being an essential leadership characteristic in management.

Charan was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources in 2000 and named a Distinguished Fellow in 2005. Charan was in India in the month of February 2010 to give a presentation to around 400 Indian CEOs.

Awards

The American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) presented Ram Charan with its Champion of Workplace Learning and Performance Award on May 17, 2010. The Economic Times of India named Ram Charan Global Indian of the Year for 2010. Thinkers 50.

References

Further reading

Ram Charan, 2009, ''Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times'', McGraw-Hill Professional. ISBN 978-0-07-162616-3

Bibliography

''The Talent Masters:Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers'' (November 9, 2010)

''Owning Up: The 14 Questions Every Boad Member Needs to Ask'' (April 13, 2009)

''Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times'' (December 22, 2008)

''The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth with Innovation'' (April 8, 2008)

''Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't'' (2007)

''Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis'' (December 21, 2007)

''What the Customer Wants You to Know'' (December 27, 2007)

''Boards That Deliver: Advancing Corporate Governance From Compliance to Competitive Advantage'' (2005)

''The Source of Success: Five Enduring Principles at the Heart of Real Leadership'' (2005)

''Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right'' (2004)

''Profitable Growth Is Everyone's Business: 10 Tools You Can Use Monday Morning'' (2004)

''Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done'' (2002)

''What the CEO Wants You to Know : How Your Company Really Works'' (2001)

''The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company'' (2000)

''Every Business is a Growth Business: How Your Company Can Prosper Year After Year'' (2000)

External links

Ram Charan : website

Category:1939 births Category:Indian emigrants to the United States Category:Harvard Business School alumni Category:Boston University faculty Category:Indian businesspeople Category:Living people Category:Business speakers

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