Cavel is a neighbourhood in South Mumbai

South Mumbai

South Mumbai , sometimes incorrectly referred to by English Media as "SoBo" , the southern-most precinct of the city of Mumbai, India, comprises the city's main business localities and its adjoining areas...

. It is located to the north-east of Dhobitalao near the Chira Bazaar

Chira Bazaar

Chira Bazaar is a neighbourhood in Mumbai. It is famous for its jewellers and Gujarati community. And the important thing, there is famous fish market call chirabazar....

 area. rom the Koli

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 name Kolwar. The Kolis of this village were converted to Christianity

Christianity

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 by the Portuguese

Portugal

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 in the 16th century. Cavel thus became a Christian enclave, and later immigrants of this religion, from Goa

Goa

Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

, Daman

Daman District, India

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, Bassein and Salsette settled here. Two Portuguese churches are built here, Nossa Senhora de Saude and Nossa Senhora d'Esperance. In later centuries, when the Christian population moved north, Gujarati

Gujarati people

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 and Marwari

Marwaris

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traders moved into Cavel.