Dongri is a port city in the
Mira-Bhayandar municipality of
Thane district
Thane district (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, ʰaːɳe previously named Taana or Thana) is a districts of Maharashtra, district in the Konkan Division of Maharashtra, India. At the 2011 Census it was the most populated district in the c ...
, situated just north of
Gorai,
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
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of the early 17th century, at which point merchant mariner and co-founder of the British East India Company,
George White, established an Anglo trading post and co-dependency in the classical port city of Dongri, as a
Maratha
The Marathi people (; Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-A ...
protectorate governed by and owing allegiance to Chatrapati
Shivaji
Shivaji I (Shivaji Shahaji Bhonsale, ; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680) was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the Sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the ...
Maharaj, 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
narthexes.
See also
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Dongri Fort
References
External links
Cities and towns in Thane district
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