Dongri is a port city in the
Mira-Bhayandar municipality of
Thane district
Thane district (Pronunciation: ʰaːɳe previously named Taana or Thana) is a district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India. At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the country, with 11,060,148 inhabitants; however, i ...
, situated just north of
Gorai
Gorai ( oɾaːi is a village at Dharavi Bhet, in Mumbai, India. It is located on the North-western part of the island of Salsette. Gorai is accessed more usually by a ferry crossing the Manori Creek and Gorai creek or otherwise by the overl ...
,
Mumbai
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. The word '
Dungaree' (worker's overalls worn in Britain) has its origin in Dongri due to this genre of garment monolithically being manufactured from textile sectors within the confines of the city.
History
The modern, colonial history of Dongri dates back to the late
early modern era of the early 17th century, at which point merchant mariner and co-founder of the British East India Company,
George White George White may refer to:
Politicians
* George White (died 1584) (c. 1530–1584), MP for Liverpool
* George White (Liberal politician) (1840–1912), British Liberal member of parliament, 1900–1912
* George E. White (politician) (1848–1935), ...
, established an Anglo trading post and co-dependency in the classical port city of Dongri, as a
Maratha
The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a M ...
protectorate governed by and owing allegiance to
Shivaji
Shivaji Bhonsale I (; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680), also referred to as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the declining Adils ...
, under the dominion and fiscal, geographic, and economic jurisdiction of the
Maratha empire
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.
The Church of Dongri, christened with the title of Our Lady of Bethlehem, bears an erection and consequent consecration date of 1613, indicated by an inscription on the main liturgical portals of the cathedral
narthex
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es
See also
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Dongri Fort
The Dongri Fort or the Dongri Hill Fort, locally known as the Janjire Dhavari Fort, is a fort in Mumbai, India. It is located in the Dongri area. It came under Maratha rule in 1739. Since then the locals and the church have been looking after the ...
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Cities and towns in Thane district
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