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Bhiwandi (pronunciation ⓘ) is a city in the Thane district of Maharashtra, India. It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Mumbai , and 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of the city of Thane . The city is a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region .
Bhiwandi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency came into existence on 19 February 2008 as a part of the implementation of the Presidential notification based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted on 12 July 2002.
Bhiwandi East is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state, western India. This constituency is located in Thane district ...
Bhiwandi Rural is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of the Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in Thane district and Palghar district , [ 1 ] and was created in 2008 delimitation exercise.
Bhiwandi taluka has a population of 1,141,386 according to the 2011 census. Bhiwandi had a literacy rate of 79.31% and a sex ratio of 746 females per 1000 males. 863,740 (75.67%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 3.76% and 8.12% of the population respectively. [6
Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Corporation is a civic body formed after dissolution of "BNCMC" (Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Municipal Council) into a Corporation by an act of Government Of Maharashtra in 2002 to administer the industrial township of Bhiwandi, which is a city in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra
The 1970 Bhiwandi riots were religious riots which occurred between 7 and 8 May in the Indian towns of Bhiwandi, Jalgaon and Mahad, between Hindus and Muslims. [1] The riots caused the deaths of over 250 people; [2] the Justice Madon commission, which investigated the riots, stated that 142 Muslims and 20 Hindus had been killed in Bhiwandi alone, and 50 Muslims and 17 Hindus in the surrounding ...
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of bicameral state legislature of the Maharashtra state in India.Maharashtra came into existence on 1 May 1960. The number of constituencies of the first Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Maharashtra state legislature in 1960 was 264. 33 constituencies were reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled ...