Dongri Dongri Dongri is a port city in the Mira-Bhayandar municipality of Thane district, situated just north of Gorai, Mumbai. The word 'Dungaree' (worker's overalls worn in Britain) has its origin from Dongri due this genre of garment monolithically being manufactured from textile sectors within the confines of the city. The modern, colonial history of Dongri dates back to the late early modern era of the early 17th century, at which point merchant mariner and co-founder of the British East India company, George White, established an Anglo trading post and co-dependency in the classical port city of Dongri, as a Maratha
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai The Asiatic Society of Mumbai The Asiatic Society of Mumbai (formerly "Asiatic Society of Bombay") is a learned society in the field of Asian studies based in Mumbai, India. It can trace its origin to the Literary Society of Bombay which first met in Mumbai on November 26, 1804, and was founded by Sir James Mackintosh. It was formed with the intention of "promoting useful knowledge, particularly such as is now immediately connected with India". After the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was established in London in 1823, the Literary Society of Bombay became affiliated with it