Fort Vasai

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Fort Vasai
Bassein (Vasai)
Fort Vasai (Vasai Killa)
Fort Vasai
Coordinates	19°19′50.4″N 72°48′50.8″E / 19.330667°N 72.814111°E / 19.330667; 72.814111
Type	Seaside fort
Site information
Owner	Government of India
Controlled by	Yadava dynasty (-1432)  Gujarat Sultanate (1432-1533)  Portugal (1534-1739)  Maratha Confederacy (1739-1818) East India Company (1818-1857) British Raj (1857-1947)  India (1947-) Archaeological Survey Of India
Open to the public	Yes
Condition	Ruins
Site history
Built	1184
Built by	Yadavas of Devagiri
Materials	Stone
Battles/wars	Battle of Bassein

Fort Vasai (Vasai killa in Marathi, Fortaleza de São Sebastião de Baçaim in Portuguese, Fort Bassein in English) is a ruined fort of the town of Vasai (Bassein), Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India. The structure was formally christened as the Fort of St Sebastian in the Indo-Portuguese era. The fort is a monument of national importance and is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.^[1]

The fort and the town are accessible via the Vasai Railway Station which itself is in the city of Vasai-Virar, and lies to the immediate north of the city of Mumbai (Bombay). The Naigaon Railway Station is on the Western Railway line (formerly the Bombay-Baroda railway) in the direction of the Virar railway station.