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Matheran was a '''[[Hill station|hill station]]''' about thirty miles east of  [[Bombay (City)|Bombay city]]  
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|image=
|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=18.9866,73.2679&z=11&t=h&hl=en 18.9866°N, 73.2679°E] 
|altitude= 800 m (2,600 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matheran Matheran]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra Maharashtra]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
|transport=[[Matheran Hill Light Railway]]
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'''Matheran''' was a [[Hill station|hill station]] about thirty miles east of  [[Bombay (City)|Bombay city]]  
 
Matheran was discovered by Hugh Poyntz Malet, the then district collector of Thane district in May 1850. Lord Elphinstone, the then Governor of Bombay laid the foundations of the development as a future hill station. The British developed Matheran as a popular resort to beat the summer heat in the region.<ref>[http://www.matheran.net.in/en/matheran-history.aspx "Mathernan History"]; Retrieved  13 Mar 2018</ref>
 
See also seperate page '''[[Matheran Hill Light Railway]]'''


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matheran Matheran] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matheran Matheran] Wikipedia
*India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2004-07/1088964906 post dated July 2004] titled Matheran
*[http://redscarabtravelandmedia.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/matheran-riding-into-the-sunset/ "Matheran: Riding into the Sunset"] by Anurag Mallick and Priya Ganapathy. Posted October 25, 2012 on the authors’  website  red scarab
*[http://redscarabtravelandmedia.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/matheran-riding-into-the-sunset/ "Matheran: Riding into the Sunset"] by Anurag Mallick and Priya Ganapathy. Posted October 25, 2012 on the authors’  website  redscarab
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120827092853/http://nstyabji.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/matheran-and-the-mansion-1936  "Matheran and “The Mansion” – 1936"] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120729010722/http://nstyabji.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/matheran-continued/  "Matheran continued"]  (archive.org links) “Retroblog of Najm Tyabji (1930+)” He was an Indian engineer born 1912,  who married  Scottish  Mona Knight.
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2014/nov/13/indias-disappearing-railways-in-pictures-angus-mcdonald Photograph: The Matheran Light railway, Maharashtra] theguardian.com
 
====Historical books online====
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_225.gif "Matheran"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 17'', page 219.
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_225.gif "Matheran"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 17'', page 219.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.77446/page/n3/mode/2up ''Matheran Hill: Its People, Plants and Animals''] by  J Y Smith, Bombay Medical Staff. 1871 Archive.org. Granth Sanjeevani Collection.
*[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n531/mode/2up Map of Matheran]  between pages 336 and 337,with description on page 337,  ''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.
*[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n531/mode/2up Map of Matheran]  between pages 336 and 337,with description on page 337,  ''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.


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Latest revision as of 13:25, 3 August 2020

Matheran
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Presidency: Bombay
Coordinates: 18.9866°N, 73.2679°E
Altitude: 800 m (2,600 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Matheran
State/Province: Maharashtra
Country: India
Transport links
Matheran Hill Light Railway

Matheran was a hill station about thirty miles east of Bombay city

Matheran was discovered by Hugh Poyntz Malet, the then district collector of Thane district in May 1850. Lord Elphinstone, the then Governor of Bombay laid the foundations of the development as a future hill station. The British developed Matheran as a popular resort to beat the summer heat in the region.[1]

See also seperate page Matheran Hill Light Railway

External links

Historical books online

  • "Matheran" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 17, page 219.
  • Matheran Hill: Its People, Plants and Animals by J Y Smith, Bombay Medical Staff. 1871 Archive.org. Granth Sanjeevani Collection.
  • Map of Matheran between pages 336 and 337,with description on page 337, A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.

References

  1. "Mathernan History"; Retrieved 13 Mar 2018