lonel Hartley who surprised the Maratha camp, and, with great slaughter, pursued the Maratha army for miles. In 1781 a resident was appointed. In 1810 (26th May) Kalyan was visited by Sir James Mackintosh and a party from Bombay. They walked through the streets, almost killed by the sun, without finding any compensation for their fatigue. They sat down to their tiffin on a little green in the town and drank three or four toasts in cocoanut shells. All agreed that Dr.Fryer, whose glorious ruins and stately fabrics had tempted them to Kalyan, ought to have been hanged.
Before the Musalmans took Kalyan, the site of the town which was called Nawanagar, lay to the east of the railway station. The present town occupies the lands of Kalyan Village. There are, at present, as many as 34 wards, twenty-three more than the olden days. The present functioning municipality was established in 1855
