Bodni is a
fishing village located on the northern coast of
Raigad district
Raigad district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːjɡəɖ, previously Colaba fort, Colaba district, is a district in the Konkan division of Maharashtra, India.
The district was renamed to Raigad fort, Raigad after the fort that ...
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
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India.
Geography
Bodni is located on the northern tip of
Alibag
Alibag, also known as Alibaug (Pronunciation: libaːɡ, is a coastal town and a municipal council in Raigad District of Maharashtra, India. It is the headquarters of the Raigad district and is south of the city of Mumbai. Alibag is part of ...
district of Maharashtra on the west coast of India. It is flanked to the east by the Mothebal Mangrove Forest and to the west by
Rewas. It is administratively a part of the Rewas-Bodni town.
History
The history of Bodni is connected to the 1947 sinking of the ferry ''
Ramdas''. Some of the survivors of this incident swam across and reached the northern coast of Raigad near Rewas and settled here. They took up the profession of fishing, built houses and the settlement was subsequently called Bodni.
References
Villages in Raigad district
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