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Then Chief minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Morotrao Kannamwar visited Dombivli in 1963.
This lead to establishment of MIDC in Dombivli for the growth of
industry. For development of girls education, Radhabai Sathe Girls
school was started. Music and other cultural activities started growing
in Dombivli. 'Shrimant Sangeet' event started this year. During October
1966, Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Dombivli and was honoured on
the grounds of Tilak nagar school. During the same period, lecture
series from great Babasabheb Purandare was organised. Till the end of 1970,
many milestones were reached in Social and cultural front. Growth
happened very rapidly and so did the growth in problems of
urbanization. Real estate boomed and Landlords in Dombivli started
organizing. Economic progress happened after 1970, Dombivli Nagari
Sahakari Bank was started on 6 September 1970. In 1971, Shri Raghvendra Swami Math, Karnatak Sangh, Indian Medical association, Model English School, etc were established.
In 1973, Marathi Vigyan Parishad was established. Around 200 Telephone connections were done in 1975 and trunk call facility was introduced. Tilaknagar junior college was started the same year.
In 1974, a Dombivlikar touched Lok Sabha,
Mr. Jagannath Patil was elected member of Lok Sabha. People from
Dombivli took new roles, new responsibilities, new challenges. In this
year after emergency, a big gathering was held in Dombivli with famous
writer P.L. Deshpande as chariperson. Jeshtha Nagrik Sangh was
established this year. In 1977, Govindrao Talvalkar, noted journalist born and brought up in Dombivli was elected Chief editor at Maharashtra Times. 1978 saw the rise in broadcast media, Television rapidly started reaching homes of Dombivli. 1979, Pendharkar college shifted to new and current location in MIDC. Degree courses were introduced.
1980 was important year, Nagar palika got its own building and
offices, Ambedkar Sabhagrah was established. BJP party was formed that
year, and Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugrated the statue of Swami
Vivekanand in the Nagar Palika that year. Famous Guruvayur Temple was
open in 1981. Astitvav organisation for mentally retarted
children was also formed this year. Firefighting department came into
existence. And very important was the overfly bridge connecting
Dombivli East with west was inaugrated by Shri Swami Shankaracharya the
same year, which paved way for growth and development of Dombivli west.
Same year, about 6 students came in tenth merit list for the first time
in Dombivli showing progress of Dombivli on Education front.
Extracirricular should be equally important as education, with this
view Dombivli Gymkhana was established this year.
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