Battle of Vasai
1739 conflict between the Portuguese and Maratha Empires in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Vasai or the Battle of Bassein was fought between the Marathas and the Portuguese rulers of Vasai (Portuguese, Baçaim; English, Bassein), a town near Mumbai (Bombay) in the Konkan region of the present-day state of Maharashtra, India. The Marathas were led by Chimaji Appa, a brother of Peshwa Baji Rao I. [4]
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Portuguese map of the Maratha siege of Vasai, 1739 | |||||||||
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Portuguese Empire | |||||||||
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Chimaji Appa Malhar Rao Holkar Yesajirao Surve Shrungarpur Baji Bhivrao Rethrekar Girmaji Kanitkar Naro Shankar Dani Manaji Angre Ranojirao Shinde Khanderao Holkar |
Captain Caetano de Souza Pereira Captain João Xavier Pinto General Martinho da Silveira General Pedro de Melho † Colonel João Malhão | ||||||||
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Maratha Empire:
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2100[2] |
800 killed Wounded[3] |
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