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| Battle of Vasai (Bassein) | |||||||||
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| Part of Luso–Maratha Wars | |||||||||
 Portuguese map of the Maratha siege of Vasai, 1739 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Maratha ConfederacyPindaris |
.svg){kind=small} Portuguese Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Chimaji Appa Malhar Rao Holkar Ranojirao Shinde Khanderao Holkar Yesajirao Surve Baji Bhivrao Rethrekar Girmaji Kanitkar Naro Shankar Dani Manaji Angre |
Captain Caetano de Souza Pereira  Captain João Xavier Pinto General Martinho da Silveira General Pedro de Melho † Colonel João Malhão | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
Maratha Empire:
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown |
800 killed wounded[2] | ||||||||
The Battle of Vasai or the Battle of Bassein was fought between the Marathas and the Portuguese rulers of Vasai (Portuguese, Baçaim; English, Bassein), a town near Mumbai (Bombay) in the Konkan region of the present-day state of Maharashtra, India. The Marathas were led by Chimaji Appa, a brother of Peshwa Baji Rao I. [3]
- ^ "[FortsMaharashtra] Vasai Fort – Fort Bassein". Fortsmaharashtra.com. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Chapter2 : Maratha-Portuguese". Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
The Portuguese losses amounted to eight hundred officers and men killed and unknown number wounded.
- ^ Jaques, Tony (2017). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A–E. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313335372. Retrieved 12 November 2017 – via Google Books.