Kalyan Maharashtra
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Kalyan (कल्याण) is a city in Thane District of Maharashtra state in Konkan division.
Location
It is a neighbour city of Mumbai and is governed by Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation. Kalyan is within the administrative division (tahsil) at a taluka level of the Thane District. Kalyan and its neighboring township of Dombivli jointly form the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation, abbreviated as KDMC.
Origin
Variants
Kalyana (कल्याण) (महाराष्ट्र) (AS, p.150)
History
In pre-independent India, the administration spelled Kalyan as Kallian, Callian and sometimes as callianee. The city has been attacked by various foreign armies including the Mughal, the Portuguese and the British. The Maratha's were held in high regard by the locals for being the only line of defense against invasions.
कल्याण (महाराष्ट्र)
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[1] ने लेख किया है ...कल्याण (महाराष्ट्र)(AS, p.150) महाराष्ट्रकेसरी शिवाजी के समय इस नाम का सूबा कोंकण के उत्तर में स्थित था. पहले यह अहमदनगर के निजामशाही सुल्तानों के अधिकार में था. 1636 में शिवाजी ने इसे बीजापुर के सुल्तान अली आदिलशाह से छीन लिया था.