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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}} <!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details --> <!-- Please don't refer to the Gujarat Sultanate as the 'Muslims'. It increases unclarity and is a vague term. --> {{Infobox settlement | name = Vasai | official_name = | native_name = <!-- per [[WP:INDICSRIPT]], do not add Indic script here --> | native_name_lang = [[Sanskrit]] | other_name = Bassein <!-- Don't add Basai or Bajipur since they were for long enough. The names are already mentioned in the 'Etymology' section.--> | settlement_type = City | translit_lang1 = | image_skyline = Vasaifort.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = Entrance to the Vasai Fort in Vasai. | image_caption = [[Vasai Fort]] (entrance) | image_flag = | flag_alt = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = Vasai is on the west coast of India, about one third of the way down to the southern tip. It is in the west side of the Maharashtra province, which covers roughly the second quarter of the west coast (counting from the north), and heads inland roughly twice as far as its coastline. | map_caption = | pushpin_map = India Maharashtra#India3 | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Vasai in [[Maharashtra]], India | coordinates = {{coord|19.47|N|72.8|E|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Maharashtra]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Palghar district|Palghar]] | subdivision_type3 = Division | subdivision_name3 = [[Konkan Division|Konkan (North)]] | established_title = | established_date = | named_for = Vasa [[Konkani people|Konkani tribe]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/w4lzByudFe1MpbxWkIqIcP/Vasai-A-capital-that-once-was.html|title=Vasai: A capital that once was|date=28 January 2016}}</ref> | founder = | seat_type = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency | seat = [[Vasai (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency]] | government_footnotes = | government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipal Corporation]] | governing_body = [[Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation]] | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | legislature = | upper_house = | lower_house = | unit_pref = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements should have unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->| area_footnotes = | area_urban_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_rural_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_metro_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_magnitude = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_note = | area_water_percent = | area_rank = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank2_title = <!-- square kilometers --> | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | area_rural_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank2_km2 = <!-- hectares --> | area_total_ha = | area_land_ha = | area_water_ha = | area_urban_ha = | area_rural_ha = | area_metro_ha = | area_blank1_ha = | area_blank2_ha = | length_km = | width_km = | dimensions_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 11 | population_as_of = 2007 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 49337 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = Vasaikar in Marathi & Konkani, Basseinite in English.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MFjRAAAAMAAJ&q=Basseinites|title=The East Indians: Catholic Community of Bombay, Salsette and Bassein|last1=Baptista|first1=Elsie Wilhelmina|year=1967}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MUxuAAAAMAAJ&q=Basseinite|title=Bassein, the Portuguese Interlude|last1=Albuquerque|first1=Teresa|year=2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WufNAAAAMAAJ&q=Basseinite|title=The American Ecclesiastical Review;: A Monthly Publication for the Clergy|last1=Heuser|first1=Herman Joseph|year=1922}}</ref> | population_metro = | population_metro_footnotes = | population_rank = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | timezone1_DST = Not observed | utc_offset1_DST = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN code(s)]] | postal_code = 401 201 to 401 203 | area_code_type = | area_code = [[Telephone numbers in India|+91-0250-XXX XXXX]] | registration_plate = MH-48 | blank_name_sec1 = {{nowrap|[[Official language]]}} | blank_info_sec1 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]<!-- Do not add Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada or English here --> | blank_name_sec2 = [[Official multilingualism|Other language(s)]] | blank_info_sec2 = [[Kadodi language|Kadodi]], [[Agri dialect|Agri]], [[Phudagi language|Vadavli]], [[Konkani language|Konkani]] & [[Parkari Koli language|Koli]] | iso_code = | website = {{URL|http://vvcmc.in}}, {{URL|http://www.vasai.com/content/article/emergency-numbers}} | footnotes = }} '''Vasai''' (Konkani and Marathi pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Marathi|[ΚΙsΙi]]]; British English: '''Bassein'''; formerly and alternatively Marathi; ''Bajipur'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.portugalweb.net/portugalnomundo/asia/vasai01.asp|title = Portugal no mundo}}</ref> is a historical place and city located in [[Palghar district]]; it was partitioned out of the [[Thane 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 [[Company rule in India|took]] the area from the [[Mahratta Empire|Maratha Empire]] in 1780; following the [[First Anglo-Maratha War]].<ref name=":1" /> [[File:Map of Bassein from Portuguese Atlas (1630).jpg|thumb|right|Map of Bassein (Vasai) (c. 1539)]] [[File:Tungareshwar Temple at Vasai, Mumbai.jpg|thumb|right|Tungareshwar Temple at Vasai, Mumbai, in 2019]] [[File:Bassein, Ruins of - St. Paul's (12673444635).jpg|thumb|right|Ruins of St. Paul's (c. 1855β1862)]] [[File:Gonzalo Garcia (Window pane in the Cathedral of Pune).JPG|thumb|right|[[Gonsalo Garcia|St. Gonsalo (1st Indian-born saint)]]]] [[File:Saint Gonsalo Garcia Church, Vasai.jpg|thumb|right|Saint Gonsalo Garcia Church]] [[File:Mumbai Train.JPG|thumb|right|Mumbai Suburban Local Train]] [[File:Vasai, Catholic Cathedral Our Lady of Graces.JPG|thumb|right|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Vasai]]]] [[File:Suruchihorse.jpg|thumb|right|Horse riding at Suruchi Beach]]
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