Cavel is a neighbourhood in
South Mumbai
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. It is located to the northeast of
Dhobitalao
Dhobitalao (धोबीतलाव, "Washerman's Lake") is a neighborhood in the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in India. Located in the South Mumbai area at an elevation of 11 m (31 ft), it used to be a location where linen was was ...
near the
Chira Bazaar
Chira Bazaar is a neighborhood in Mumbai
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area. It got its name from the
Koli
Koli may refer to:
Places
* Koli, Finland, a hill in Finland
* Koli National Park, a national park in Finland
* Koli, Iran (disambiguation), several places in Iran
* Koli Airfield, a former airfield in the South Pacific
Other uses
* Koli people ...
word Kolwar. The Kolis of this village were converted to
Christianity
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by the
Portuguese in the 16th century. Cavel thus became a Christian enclave, and later immigrants of this religion, from
Goa
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,
Daman
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Places
*Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, a union territory in India
**Daman and Diu, former union territory of India, now part of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
**Daman district, India
***Daman, India ...
,
Bassein and
Salsette settled here. Two Portuguese churches are built here, ''Nossa Senhora de Saude'', built-in 1794, presently known as
Our Lady of Health, Cavel and ''Nossa Senhora d'Esperance''. In later centuries, when the Christian population moved north,
Gujarati
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* something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India
* Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat
* Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
* Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...
and
Marwari traders moved into Cavel.
See also
*
Kolli (disambiguation) Kolli may refer to:
* Kolli, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran
* Kolli Hills, is a small mountain range located in central Tamil Nadu
* Kolli Pratyagatma, better known as Kotayya Pratyagatma
* Kolli Srinath Reddy better known as K. Srinath Reddy ...
*
Chira Bazaar
Chira Bazaar is a neighborhood in Mumbai
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*
Dhobitalao
Dhobitalao (धोबीतलाव, "Washerman's Lake") is a neighborhood in the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in India. Located in the South Mumbai area at an elevation of 11 m (31 ft), it used to be a location where linen was was ...
*
Thakurdwar
Thakurdwar is a neighbourhood in Mumbai
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References
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External links
Cavel – Mumbai / Bombay pages
Neighbourhoods in Mumbai