About Dombivli
Dombivli is located about 50 Kms away from the financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay) in the Western state of Maharashtra. Thane, the district and Kalyan the taluka are just minutes away. Covering an area of 6 Sq. Kms., It has been enjoying a population boom with over 800,000 people (Acc. to 1991 census), The name "Concrete Jungle" just happen to justify the problem. Dombivli came into being as the Gajabandhan Village and the "Old Dombivli", which forms the West flank at present, is embraced by the river Ulhas. And quite rightly about a decade ago, one could still see the Paddy fields in these areas. The East flank has been the golden arm of the Municipal Corporation with the major cut of the budget going towards its development. Plush colonies in the extension area of the town, Which has been under the jurisdiction of the Industrial Corporation (M.I.D.C), has been a real mother of all plans for the Municipal corporation.
Dombivli boasts a cosmopolitian population with Maharashtrians, Jains, Gujarathis, Kannadigas, Tamilians, Malayalee's and Punjabis ... and a marginal population of Khojas (The Aga-Khan cult) too. Although there are some indications of the town for about 6 to 7 centuries, Not much is really known... Apart from a Huge open space which the Archealogical Survey of India declared as a Pond used by the Peshwa's and the land adjacent to it happenned to be a Horse Grazing and training site. A Huge Stone was un-earthed by the Archealogical Dept. with the encriptions marking the evidence of the same.
Today, Dombivli is well known for rapid Industrial growth with major Dye's, Paints, Chemical and Heavy Metal Factories based in the Industrial Part of the town. Some of the well known of them are Gharda Chemicals, Vicco Labs, Llyod Steel, Deepak Fertilizers, et al. 80's saw Dombivli growing into a crowded and saturated city due to Industrial development under the plan, which proved advantageous. Dombivli's approachability by road, rail and huge potential in land and manpower increased tremendously. The industries have been developed in two phases so far and new plans have been proposed.
Dombivli also has the honour of becoming the first fully "literate" town in the whole of Asia (till very recently, Now a town in Kerala has taken over...). Over a Hundred schools offer Primary and Secondary education and over a dozen are affiliated to the University of Mumbai. A Couple of the colleges also offer Technical Education and are affiliated to the Board of Technical Examination, Mumbai. Well, Dombivli too hasn't been spared of the Computer software boom. With numerous Big and Small Private Institutes offering Diplomas in Computer Applns and Short term courses, The town contributes to the ever demanding technical knowledge in the field of Information technology. One really needs to take a walk across the street and everything is available... From Electronic items to Match Sticks and from Fashion accessory to the Music Instruments, Name it and you dont have to travel all the way to Mumbai for the same.
The town also boasts of a collection of art and art lovers "and artists" too ...The town has produced one of the finest of the Artists in the country, Be it literature, Play writing, Poetry, or the field of acting...
To summarise, This town has the potential to become a multi-cultural society being one of the major industrial center for the State at the same time ...
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