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[[Image:Presidencymap1858.jpg|thumb|250px|right|'''Welcome to FibiwikiProject Locations''']]
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|presidency=[[Bombay(Presidency)|Bombay]]
|image=
|coordinates=19º12N’ 72º59E' [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=19.200315,72.984553&z=16&t=h&hl=en 19.200315°N 72.984553°E]
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|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thane Thane], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsette_Island Salsette Island] |stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra Maharashtra]
|country=India
|transport=[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]Waterway: on the estuary of the River Thana at the northern end of the Bombay Harbour inlet. The railway [[Tannah Viaduct]] was opened in 1854
}}
{{Places of Interest|title=Thana|name=Thana |link=xxxxx}}
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A fortress town on the island of Salsette, 21 miles north of [[Bombay]], '''Thana''' was a commuter town for the British, set in wooded countryside. It was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_156.gif Thana District] in [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]] during the British period.
==Former NamesSpelling Variants == Thana, TanneModern name: Thane<br>A fortress town on the island of Salsette, 21miles north of [[Bombay]], Variants: Thana was a commuter town for the English, set in wooded country-side.It is the HQ of Thane District of Bombay./Tanne
==History==Under a treaty the town was made over to the [[Portuguese]] in 1533, and it Thana became prosperous. Possession was lost in 1739 when the Portuguese lost [[Bassein]]. Under During the [[1st Maratha War]]under threat of Portuguese repossession of Salsette and Bassein and after failed negotiation with [[Maratha]] forces from in [[Poona]], the English annexed Thane [[Annexation of Thana]] by taking the Fort British 28 December 1771 was achieved by force in 28 December 1771 under the command of General Robert Gordon. Later the fort (built 1737) garrisoned (1813) by a battion battalion of sepoys and the [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|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 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.
==ChurchChurches==
*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).
*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[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) opened 16th April, 1853 and was the first railway to open in India. ===External links===*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_309.gif Thane] Imperial Gazetteer of India: Thane]*[http://www.aapalethanethaneweb.com/OurThaneweb/thane_basic/history.htm html History of Thane]thaneweb.com*[http://knolguide-india.googleblogspot.comco.uk/k2012/narayana-rao-k-v-s-s03/thane-city-india-information-municipal/2utb2lsm2k7a/1032# .html History of Thane]guide-india.blogspot ===Categories===:*<nowiki> [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bombay Presidency]]</nowiki>iki>[[Category:FibiwikiProjectLocations]]
