Bodni

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Bodni
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Bodni
Coordinates: 18°53′N72°57′E / 18.88°N 72.95°E / 18.88; 72.95 Coordinates: 18°53′N72°57′E / 18.88°N 72.95°E / 18.88; 72.95
CountryIndia
State Maharashtra
District Raigad
Elevation
1 m (3 ft)
Population
(2011)
  Total921
Languages
  Official Marathi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN CODE
402 201
Telephone code02141

Bodni is a fishing village located on the northern coast of Raigad district, Maharashtra, India. [1]

Fishing activity of trying to catch fish

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. “Fishing” may include catching aquatic animals other than fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales where the term whaling is more appropriate. In addition to being caught to be eaten, fish are caught as recreational pastimes. Fishing tournaments are held, and caught fish are sometimes kept as preserved or living trophies. When bioblitzes occur, fish are typically caught, identified, and then released.

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Geography

Bodni is located on the northern tip of Alibag district of Maharashtra on the west coast of India. It is flanked to the east by the Mothebal Mangrove Forest and to the west by Rewas. It is administratively a part of the Rewas-Bodni town. [2]

Alibag Coastal City in Maharashtra, India

Alibag is a coastal town and a municipal council in Raigad District of Maharashtra. It is the headquarters of the Raigad district and is south of the city of Mumbai

Rewas(Rewas-Bodani or Revas) is one of 48 “minor” ports of Maharashtra located at Rewas Creek, near Karanja creek at mouth of the Patalganga River about 10 kilometres (6 mi) southward of Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south-east of Mumbai Port. It is controlled by the state government through an agency known as the “Maharashtra Maritime Board”.

History

The history of Bodni is connected to the 1947 sinking of the ferry Ramdas . Some of the survivors of this incident swam across and reached the northern coast of Raigad near Rewas and settled here. They took up the profession of fishing, built houses and the settlement was subsequently called Bodni. [3]

The 1947 Ramdas ship disaster occurred near Bombay in India. The Indian passenger ship SS Ramdas, while bound for Rewas in Maharashtra, capsized on 17 July 1947, near Gull Island, ten miles from Colaba Point, killing 690 of the people on board.

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References

  1. Geo-Environmental Assessment of the Fishing Settlements in Alibag (PDF). Mumbai: Government of Maharashtra. 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. Diddee, Jaymala (1 Jan 2002). Geography of Maharashtra (1st ed.). Jaipur, India: Rawat Publications. ISBN   8170337461.
  3. Interviews with survivors: "Ramdas Botichya Jalasamadhichi Samay Hakikat" (Marathi). Mumbai. 1950.|access-date= requires |url= (help)