Vasai

Vasai

Baçaim
Vasai Baçaim
City
	Vasai Fort (entrance)
	Vasai Location of Vasai in Maharashtra, India Vasai Vasai (India)
	Coordinates: 19°28′N 72°48′E / 19.47°N 72.8°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Palghar
Division	Konkan (North)
Named for	Vasa Konkani tribes
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Vasai (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population (2007)
• Total	49,337
Demonym(s)	Vasaikar in Marathi & Konkani, Basseinite in English.
Time zone	UTC+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 registration	MH-48
Official language	Marathi
Other language(s)	Samvedi, Agri, Vadavli, Konkani & Koli
Website	vvcmc.in, www.vasai.com/content/article/emergency-numbers

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Tungareshwar Temple at Vasai, Mumbai, in 2019

Vasai (Konkani and Marathi pronunciation: [ʋəsəi]; Portuguese: Baçaim; British English: Bassein; formerly and alternatively Marathi; Bajipur) is a historical place and city located in the Palghar district; it was partitioned out of the Thane district in August 2014. It also forms a part of the Vasai-Virar twin cities in the Konkan division, Maharashtra, India, and comes under the police jurisdiction of the 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 Peshwa rule, at the Battle of Vasai in 1739.

The British East India Company at Bombay then took the area from the Maratha Empire in 1780, following the First Anglo-Maratha War.