DOMBIVLI

Dombivli, a town in Kalyan tahsil is located at a distance of twenty kilometers

from Thane and six kilometers from Kalyan and is a railway station on the Central
Railway. In the year 1075, King Harpal Dev had referred to Dombivli on the stone
inscriptions, which was situated in Mahul village, near the Turbhe Port. From this,
we come to know that Dombivli village existed approximately 800 years ago.
There is a reference given for Dombivli in the year 1730 during the Peshwa Rule.
The stone writings referring to its existence in the years 1396-97 still exist in
Dombivli is a proof of the great heritage of Dombivli. The Portuguese stationed
themselves at several places when they came to Dombivli. The stone inscriptions
that existed in the year 1300 B.C. at “Agasan” have been preserved in the Museum
even today.
Dombivli Railway Station was set-up in
the year 1887.
Dombivli Railway Station was
set-up in the year 1887. There
was only one tall cabin, which
was used for ticketing as well as
signaling. Initially the Railway
Tickets to Dombivli” was
stamped as “Dimali”. Efforts
were also made to rename it as
“Subhash Nagar”.
Dombivli is the busiest railway station on
the Central line of the Mumbai
Suburban Railway network.

HISTORY-

In the past, within Dombivli also, the areas were

named on the basis of the inhabitants, e.g., the
areas where the THAKURS” (Tribal) lived was
called “THAKURLI”. The areas where the
“PATHARWATS” or “STONE-CUTTERS”
lived were known as “PATHARLI” and the area
where the “DOMBAS” or the (low caste) lived
was called “DOMBIVLI”. The area Diva,
Ghariwali, Agasan was the neighboring village
since ancient times.

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.

INTRESTING
FACTS :

 Here are some interesting facts about

Dombivli Station The highest number of
tickets sold. Average tickets sold at
Dombivli station are 2.18 Lacs (in 2013).

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…)