Battle of Vasai
| Battle of Vasai (Bassein) | |||||||||
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| Part of Luso–Maratha War (1729–1732) | |||||||||
Portuguese map of the Maratha siege of Vasai, 1739 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Maratha Confederacy Pindaris | Portuguese Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Chimaji Appa Malhar Rao Holkar Ranojirao Shinde Khanderao Holkar | Captain Caetano de Souza Pereira | ||||||||
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Maratha Empire:
| Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown |
800 killed wounded | ||||||||
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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.