History
Sopara was the capital of North-Konkan or Aparanta in the third century b.c. It is close to the town of Mira-Bhaindar. Trade with Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome was carried out through the various ports in this region. In Medieval India the Ghodbunder port was used to import horses from Arabia. Chimnaji Appa during his campaign to conquer the Bassein Fort in 1737 also conquered the forts of Ghodbunder and Dharavi. In times of the British occupation of India, the residents of the Mira-Bhaindar area participated in the Salt Satyagraha.
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