Antonio Da Silveira - burnt the city of Bassein and continued the burning and looting to nearby Bombay

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Published: Tuesday, 13 October 2009 14:28
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Conquerors and Captains of Vasai

1535 Garcia de Sã 1635 Rui Dias da Cunha
1536 Rui Vaz Pereria 1689 André Salema
Antonio da Silveria 1650 Dom Alvero d'Almeida
1537 Manuel de Macedo 1653 Manuel Corte Real Sampaio
1538 Rui Lourenco de Tavora 1661-64 Joaõ de Siqueira de Faria
Garcia de Sã 1667 Dom Antonio de Souto Maior
1541 Dom Francisco de Menezes 1670 Manuel Teixeira Franco
1545 Dom Jeronimo de Menezes 1671 Jeronimo Manuel Albuquerque
(e Bacalhao) 1672 Henrique da Silva de Eça
1548 Jorge Cabral 1675 André Pereira dos Reis
1549 Francisco Barreta 1677-78 Fernando Antonio Souto Maior
1554 Francisco de Sã 1693 Manoel Tavares da Gama
1554-1611 No names available 1712-17 Dom Antonio Vasco de Mello
1611 Nuno Vas de Castello Branco 1728 Francisco Pereira Pinto
1623-26 Gasper Pereira 1738 Joaõ Barbosa Barros
1630 Gasper de Mello de Miranda 1738 Joaõ Xavier Pereira Pinto
1739 Caetano de Souza Pereira

Diogo (Heytor) de Sylveira
These were some of the Portuguese who first conquered and ruled Bassein/Vasai.




Diogo (Heytor) de Sylveira, burnt the entire sea coast from Thana, city of Bassein and areas up to Surat.


General Nuno da Cunha, led the invasion fleet to Capture Bassein. On right statue of Nuno da Cunha in Diu



Garcia de Sâ, fist Portuguese Governor/Captain of Bassein, went on to become governor of Goa.


Jorge Cabral, second Portuguese governor/Captain of Bassein, later went on to become governor of Goa.