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  Vengurle Town
  Charmingness & nobality of Vengurle facinates everyone. A leisurely walk through the town is the best way to know more about this heritage place, which once played a role of very important commercial center for Dutch Traders & British rulers. European traders who left their homeland to expand their business & change the course of history of land had left behind their record in the form of “Dutch Wakhar” & Crowford Market.
   
  Vengurles Crowford Market is a small prototype of Mumbais famous Crowford Market situated near victoria terminus From inside it has independent vegetable & fish market . The two in one unique arrangementone cannot see elshewhere in Sindhudurg & Ratnagiri District.
   
  History of Vengurle
  In 1639 Dutch representative John Van Tist visited Adilshahi Darbar & obtained the permission to erect Dutch factory on the west coast. During this time bored by Portuguese harresment some people fled from Goa to Vengurle & begain working on Dutch ships. In 1665 Dutch traders chief Lindart Johnson erected elegent looking structure known to be Dutch Wakhar.by spending 3000 guilders (300 Tola Gold) & money was raised through tradings as per the written evidence. This building reflects Potuguese, Dutch & Local influences. On account of Dutch Vengurle & its business rose to prosperity. Hence tied by the business relations between Arabs, Europeans & Indians Vengurle is a historic town.
   
  Vengurle has always been on a forefront in the nations freedom struggle. Father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi visited Vengurle in 1927, Swatantra Vir Swarkar in 1934 & Dr. Rajendra Prasad in 1937. Pride of Vengurle is also a heritage “ Sagar Bunglow” situated on the slopy rock on a small hillock near seashore. It offers panomeric view of Arabian sea.Eminent political leaders, poets, writers and artists had previlage in residing in this bunglow. This graceful bunglow holds within itself a reflection of colonial era. Besides Hapus Vengurle has its own veriety of mangoes such as vengurle Paayree & Vengurle Mankur. Here one can catch sight of Mango, cashewnuts, Mangosteen(kokam), Jambool trees & their processing factories in the town & offcourse coconut groves nobody misses to see it.
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