THANA, or TANNA (=a fort, or police-station)

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THANA, or TANNA (=a fort, or police-station) , a town and

district

DISTRICT

of British India, in the Northern division of Bombay. The town is on the west of the Salsette creek or Thana river, just where the

Great

GREAT

Indian Peninsula railway crosses to the mainland, 21 M. from Bombay city. Pop. (1901) 16,o11.
The

DISTRICT

DISTRICT

OF THANA has an area of 3573 sq. m. It extends along the

coast

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

for 105 m., with a breadth of 50 m., and is confined between the Western Ghats on the E. and the sea on the W., while on the N. it is bounded by the Portuguese territory of

Damaun

DAMAUN

and by Surat district, and on the S. by Kolaba district. The district is well watered and wooded, and, except in the nort-

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

, is a low-lying

rice

tract

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

broken by hills. Most of the hills were once fortified, but the forts built on them are now dilapidated and useless. Matheran (q.v.) is a favourite summer resort for the citizens of Bombay. The only rivers of any importance are the Vaitarna and the Ulhas, the former being navigable for a distance of about 20 M. from its mouth; the latter is also navigable in parts for small craft. There are no lakes; but the Vehar and the Tulsi, formed artificially,

supply

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

Bombay city with water. In 1901 the population was 811,433, showing a decrease of 1 per cent. in the decade. The staple crop is

rice

. Fishing supports many of the people, and the forests yield timber and other produce. Salt is largely manufactured by evaporation along the

coast

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

. At Kurla, in Salsette island, there are

cotton

mills and rice mills. The district is traversed throughout its length by the Bombay and Baroda railway, and also crossed by the two branches of the

Great

GREAT

Indian Peninsula line.
The territory comprised in the district of Thana (apart from Salsette island, which was acquired in 1782) formed part of the dominions of the peshwa, and was annexed by the British in 1818 on the overthrow of Baji Rao. Since then the operations to put down the Koli robbers, which extended over several years, have been the only cause of serious trouble.

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