13 Facts About Dhule

Dhule is a city located in the Dhule District in the northwestern part of Maharashtra state, India known as West Khandesh.

Dhule is largely emerging as one of the upcoming hubs of textile, edible oil, Information Technology, and power-loom across the state and has gained a strategic advantage for being on the junction of three National Highways viz.

Recently Ministry of Surface Transport has granted conversion of surrounding 4 state highways to National Highway, after which Dhule would be the one amongst very few cities in India being located on convergence of 7 National Highways.

Dhule city is a part of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project, as Node - 17, India's most ambitious infrastructure program, aiming to develop new industrial cities and converging next generation technologies across infrastructure sectors.

Dhule district is bordered in the west by the Gujarat State and in the north by Madhya Pradesh along with Nandurbar district, and in the south and east by Nashik district and Jalgaon District respectively.

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Until the beginning of the 19th century, Dhule was an insignificant village, subordinate to Laling, the capital of the Laling or Fatehabad Subdivision.

Dhule was entrusted with the entire management of the territory of Songir and Laling, and fixed his headquarters at Dhule, where he continued to exercise authority till the occupation of the country by the British in 1818.

Dhule was immediately chosen as the headquarters of the newly formed District of Khandesh by Captain John Briggs.

In 1872, Dhule was visited by a severe flood, which did much damage to houses and property.

Dhule was a cantonment town, and in year 1881 had two hospitals, telegraph and post offices.

Dhule is well known for purest 'milk and ghee' production, maximum cultivable land and production of groundnut, foremost in agro-based industries, leader in wind power generation.

Dhule Terminus is connected to Chalisgaon Junction Railway Station under Central Railways.

Dhule is one of the few cities in the Maharashtra State which is located on the junction of three National Highways, these being NH-3, NH-6 and NH-211.