| Ambivli | |
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| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District(s) | Thane |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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• 7 metres (23 ft) |
Ambivli is a small town, around 60 kilometres North-East of Mumbai. It falls under the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation and is often referred by the name Mohone.
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Ambivli railway station is accessible by train via the Mumbai Suburban Railway system on the Central Line.
Ambivli is accessible by road from Kalyan and also has two alternate routes to Titwala. There is bus service every 15 – 20 minutes from Kalyan, operated by KDMT.
The nearest airport is Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
There is no credible information on how Ambivli got its name though there is a myth that it may have got the name from the Amba Goddess. Early settlers and tribals inhibited pockets of land around Ambivli.
Ambivli came into limelight when a major chemical and rayon manufacturing company called National Rayon Corporation (now NRC Ltd) established their headquarters. The company provided living facilities (apartments, hospital, club, school, shopping) to the employees thus forming the NRC Colony. NRC Ltd, went on to become one of the top companies of India in the early 1970s. Such an establishment resulted in sudden population growth and an opportunity for new businesses.
Ambivli's economy largely depended on National Rayon Corporation. Its population consisted mostly of middle-class community and the labour class. Ambivli maintained a steady economy until recently when it faced few problems due to lockout of NRC on 15 November 2009.
Another company that has its headquarters in Ambivli is Balkrishna Industries Ltd.
Other than the company's employees, outskirts of Ambivli has owned farmers, mostly early settlers. These farmers mostly earn their income by selling their crop in major cities like Kalyan and Dombivli.
NRC school was started with 3 students, later growth had reached students population to 3,500 and almost 150 school teachers, school was having 3 mediums - Gujarati, Marathi, English.Students passed out from school had graduated from premium institutes of India like IIT, IIM, VJTI, UICT ( earlier UDCT), Medical colleges - Nayar, KEM, JJ, many had become CA, and the students had spread all over world with various achievements in chosen field along with academic achievements. NRC sports club was a very dynamic platform for establishing intimate relationship irrespective of employment status, language, cast, age, sex.It had provided many social activities for various citizens w.r.t. religion, traditional culture, festivals like Navratri, Ganapati, Dashera, Ayyappa Maha Pooja, Christmas and many more.The school hall was utilised as a movie house in evening hours, showing 1 English movie, 2 Hindi Movies at Rs 1 per movie. The school play ground was also utilised as a drama audience in open to sky sitting arrangement - 5 dramas once a year. The same school play ground was also utilised for KAMA outdoor sports competitions once a year.