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Alibag or is a coastal town and a municipal council in Raigad District in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, India. It is headquarters of the Raigad district. It The town and its surrounding villages are the historic hinterland of Bene Israeli Jews. There is a Synagogue in the "Israel Ali" area of the town.


History

Alibag was developed in the 17th century by Chhatrapati Shivaji's naval chief Kanhoji Angre