Vasai (Bassein)

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I have been to this place many a time even I have stayed in this city now today I am going again to this city Vasai (Bassein).
I am Travelling for my camper van which is in Vasai so I thought let’s get some information about Vasai.

Things That I never knew about Vasai.

Vasai named after its Vasa Tribe This Tribes Apparently had travelled to the north and after Vasa Rajasthan. No Trace of the tribes

Portugal’s king often name Bassein as Evora a city in Portugal where Evora means "Yew Tree"

Even Portugal’s  nicknamed the city as "Dom Baçaim (Bassein)" mocking the numerous "Dom (a Portugal’s  title for Sir)" people residing in the city of Bassein

The prosperity of Bassein increased such that it was considered among the richest cities among the Portugal’s colonies in the world at that time.

The dominion of the Portugal’s  in this part increased and the city became the capital of the Portugal’s  Province of the North of India; Goa being the capital of Portugal’s  Province of South.

Who Built Vasai Fort? I would say that Portugal’s  made that fort no infact the Bahadur_Shah_of_Gujarat was the one who started making his fort and when Portugal’s  Governor Da Cunha Got this information and he took advise form one of his council of Fidalgos members (Fidalgos is a traditional title of Portugal’s  nobility).and then 150 ships with not sure numbers of soldiers but then 150 ships means something big. Then on 20th January 1533 was the day of war between Bahadur_Shah_of_Gujarat & Portugal’s  Governor Da Cunha. Which was won by Portugal’s  Governor Da Cunha and Bahadur_Shah_of_Gujarat signed the Treaty of Bassein of 1534.Then Captain Garcia de Sá was appointed to build Fort Bassein and the work began on 20 January 1536.

Fort Bassein has witness 3 battles.

1) Portugal’s &Maratha War from 1737-1739
2) British Maratha War in 1780.
3) Portugal’s  Bahadur_Shah_of_Gujarat 20th January 1533
Today's vasai is 380 km² however Bessein was much bigger not than "Sopara" (सोपारा)(Sanskrit: शूर्पारक, Śūrpāraka) some identified with the Ophi
I will write about Sopara in my next blog

St. Gonsalo Garcia, The first Indian born to attain sainthood. Was born in Vasai, during his lifetime, the town was under Portugal’s  colonial rule.
St. Gonsalo Garcia is the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vasai

Fact of the day: Today Is Easter it is most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Christ and held between 21 March and 25 April, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox or Pink Moon, the weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday.
And this phase of earth time stated as the day of the sun and the night of moon.

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