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Thane Thana Tanne
19º12N’ 72º59E'
GIPR
A fortress town on the island of Salsette, 21miles north of [[Bombay]], Thana was a commuter town for the English, set in wooded country-side.It is the HQ of Thane District of Bombay.
Under a treaty the town made over to the [[Portuguese]] in 1533, and it became prosperous. Possession was lost in 1739 when the Portuguese lost [Bassein]. Under threat of Portuguese repossession of Salsette and Bassein and after failed negotiation with forces from [[Poona]], the English annexed Thane by taking the Fort by force in 28 December 1771 under General Robert Gordon. Later the fort (built 1737) garrisoned (1813) by a battion of sepoys and the [[European Artillery]] from Bombay, later was used as a jail (1913).
==Schools==
*Bairāmjī High School 1880
*English School for Girls
*English Middle school for boys 1821 AKA‘Thane English School’
*St. John The Baptist School, Thane, was primarily intended for the teaching of Portuguese an did so up until 1905 before Enlish was taught.
==Church==
*A Igreja da Se, Nossa Senhora da Conceicao, circa 1540 (Franciscan cathedral)
*The Mother of God, A madre de Deus, 1552 (and about the same time an orphanage and a collage were founded).
*Our Lady of Grace, Nossa Senhora do Rozario 1574 (Augustinians church and convent)
*St. John, Sam, Joao church 1609,
*St. John the Baptist Church 1663
*St. James Church 1825 also known as the English church
*Jewish:Gate Of Heaven Synagogue 1879
==Railway==
The Bombay (Boribunder) to Thana section of the GIPR opened 16th April, 1853 and was the first railway to open in India
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_309.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India: Thane]
*[http://www.aapalethane.com/OurThane/history.htm History of Thane
*[http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/thane-city-india-information-municipal/2utb2lsm2k7a/1032# History of Thane]
19º12N’ 72º59E'
GIPR
A fortress town on the island of Salsette, 21miles north of [[Bombay]], Thana was a commuter town for the English, set in wooded country-side.It is the HQ of Thane District of Bombay.
Under a treaty the town made over to the [[Portuguese]] in 1533, and it became prosperous. Possession was lost in 1739 when the Portuguese lost [Bassein]. Under threat of Portuguese repossession of Salsette and Bassein and after failed negotiation with forces from [[Poona]], the English annexed Thane by taking the Fort by force in 28 December 1771 under General Robert Gordon. Later the fort (built 1737) garrisoned (1813) by a battion of sepoys and the [[European Artillery]] from Bombay, later was used as a jail (1913).
==Schools==
*Bairāmjī High School 1880
*English School for Girls
*English Middle school for boys 1821 AKA‘Thane English School’
*St. John The Baptist School, Thane, was primarily intended for the teaching of Portuguese an did so up until 1905 before Enlish was taught.
==Church==
*A Igreja da Se, Nossa Senhora da Conceicao, circa 1540 (Franciscan cathedral)
*The Mother of God, A madre de Deus, 1552 (and about the same time an orphanage and a collage were founded).
*Our Lady of Grace, Nossa Senhora do Rozario 1574 (Augustinians church and convent)
*St. John, Sam, Joao church 1609,
*St. John the Baptist Church 1663
*St. James Church 1825 also known as the English church
*Jewish:Gate Of Heaven Synagogue 1879
==Railway==
The Bombay (Boribunder) to Thana section of the GIPR opened 16th April, 1853 and was the first railway to open in India
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_309.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India: Thane]
*[http://www.aapalethane.com/OurThane/history.htm History of Thane
*[http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s/thane-city-india-information-municipal/2utb2lsm2k7a/1032# History of Thane]
