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Bassein

Bassein, a port on an island 27 miles north of Bombay, British India. It is now of little importance, but in 1531 was one of the early Portuguese stations. Captured by the Mahrattas in 1750, it was ceded to the British in 1802 by the famous Treaty of Bassein.