Thana is a small town in Kannur, Kerala state in India, famous for Shanavas' birthplace.
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THANA, or Tanna (= a fort, or police-station), a town and district of British India, in the Northern division of Bombay.
It extends along the coast 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 and by Surat district, and on the S. by Kolaba district.
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.
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