Vasai

Vasai
Bassein
City
Entrance to the Vasai Fort in Vasai.
Vasai Fort (entrance)
Vasai is located in Maharashtra
Vasai
Vasai
Location of Vasai in Maharashtra, India
Vasai is located in India
Vasai
Vasai
Vasai (India)
Coordinates: 19°28′N 72°48′E / 19.47°N 72.8°E / 19.47; 72.8
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictPalghar
DivisionKonkan (North)
Named forVasa Konkani tribes[1]
Vidhan Sabha constituencyVasai (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyVasai-Virar Municipal Corporation
Elevation
11 m (36 ft)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total49,337
Demonym(s)Vasaikar in Marathi & Konkani, Basseinite in English.[2][3][4]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5:30 (Not observed)
PIN code(s)
401 201 to 401 203
Area code+91-0250-XXX XXXX
Vehicle registrationMH-48
Official languageMarathi
Other language(s)Kadodi, Agri, Vadavli, Konkani & Koli
Websitevvcmc.in, www.vasai.com/content/article/emergency-numbers

Vasai (Konkani and Marathi pronunciation: [ʋəsəi]; British English: Bassein; formerly and alternatively Marathi; Bajipur)[5] is a historical place and city located in Palghar district; which was partitioned out of the Thana district in 2014. It also forms a part of Vasai-Virar twin cities in the Konkan division, Maharashtra, India, and comes under the Police Jurisdiction of Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate.

The Portuguese in Goa and Damaon built Fort Bassein to defend their colony and participate in the lucrative spice trade and the silk route that converged in the area. Much of Portuguese Bombay and Bassein was seized by Marathas under Peshva rule, at the Battle of Bassein in 1739.

The British East India Company at Bombay then took the area from the Mahratta Empire in 1780; following the First Anglo-Maratha War.[6]

Map of Bassein (Vasai) (c. 1539)
Tungareshwar Temple at Vasai, Mumbai, in 2019
Ruins of St. Paul's (c. 1855–1862)
St. Gonsalo (1st Indian-born saint)
Saint Gonsalo Garcia Church
Mumbai Suburban Local Train
Roman Catholic Diocese of Vasai
Horse riding at Suruchi Beach
  1. ^ "Vasai: A capital that once was". 28 January 2016.
  2. ^ Baptista, Elsie Wilhelmina (1967). "The East Indians: Catholic Community of Bombay, Salsette and Bassein".
  3. ^ Albuquerque, Teresa (2004). "Bassein, the Portuguese Interlude".
  4. ^ Heuser, Herman Joseph (1922). "The American Ecclesiastical Review;: A Monthly Publication for the Clergy".
  5. ^ "Portugal no mundo".
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).