Place:Alibag, Maharashtra, India

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Alibag, also known as Alibaug (Pronunciation: ]) 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 Mumbai Metropolitan Region and is situated at a distance of about 96 km from Mumbai and 143 km from Pune.

History

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Alibag is a coastal town and municipal council in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. It is the headquarters of the Raigad district.

Revdanda, Chaul, Nagaon, Akshi, Varsoli, Thal, Navgaon, Kihim, and Aawas villages were known as "Ashtagare".

Alibag and its surrounding villages are the historic hinterlands of Bene Israel Jews, "Shaniwar Teli" Saturday oil presser, which the Jews use oil for lilting candles for Shabbat. before more than 250 years ago he lived with his wife and offspring in main area of Alibag, not far from the Sea. There is a synagogue in the "Israel Alley" (Marathi इस्राएल आळी meaning Israel lane) area of the town.^[1] the great Sarkhel Kanhoji Angrey when retired of the Sea & War fairs, settled in Alibag and that time he got Acquainted with Elizha, and discussed development of the village Ramnath (old name of Alibag). the 3 graves lie together today in a small house. This Bene-Israel Jews waiting to be discovered and know the real people and life they had.

Etymology

A wealthy Bene Israelite named Eli (Elisha/Elizah) used to live there at that time and owned many plantations of mangoes and coconuts in his gardens. Hence the natives used to call the place "Eli cha Bagh" and in the subsequent generations pronunciation changed to simply "Alibag", and the name stuck.

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