Alibag, also known as Alibaug (Pronunciation: [əlibaːɡ]), is a coastal city and a municipal council in Raigad district of Maharashtra, India.

According to Indian Jewish historian Esther David, Jews arrived in the region over 2000 years ago, escaping persecution from the Roman Empire, when their ship wrecked here.

As they got into the business of oil-pressing and plantations, continued practising Sabbath and took holidays on Saturday, they came to be known as 'Shanvar-telis'('Saturday – Oilpeople')[2] There is a synagogue named 'Magen Aboth Synagogue' in the "Israel Alley" (Marathi ' इस्राएल आळी ' meaning Israel lane) area of the town.

[3][4] A Bene Israelite named Eli (Elisha/Elizah) used to live there at that time and owned many plantations of mangoes and coconuts in his gardens.

Damage to property was reported in the districts of Ratnagiri, Raigad, Sindhudurg, Thane and Palghar.

Eleven years later, in early June 2020, severe cyclonic storm Nisarga made landfall in Alibag at peak intensity.

The cyclone blew off tin and asbestos sheets from roofs and uprooted trees in Alibag.

[15] It serves as one of the significant observatories forming part of a global network now run by Indian Institute of Geomagnetism.