List of forts in Mumbai
List
Name (other names) |
Image | Built in | Built by | Locality | District | Type | Purpose | Razed (By) |
Current status | Current owner | Coordinates | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bombay Castle
|
Unavailable | 1554 | Portuguese | Fort area | Mumbai City | Land battery | Administration | – | Preserved | Indian Navy | 18.93111°N 72.83750°E | [1] |
Castella de Aguada
|
1640 | Portuguese | Bandra | Mumbai Suburban | Land battery | Watchtower, freshwater source | – | Under renovation | ASI | 19.04177°N 72.81858°E | ||
Dongri Fort
|
Unavailable | 1596 | Portuguese | Dongri | Mumbai City | Hill fort | Defensive | 1769 (British) |
Demolished | N/A | 18.94090°N 72.83759°E | [2] |
Fort George | 1770 | British | Dongri | Mumbai City | Defensive | Defensive | 1862 (British) |
Remnants | Government of Maharashtra | 18.94090°N 72.83759°E | ||
Riwa Fort
|
1737 | British | Dharavi | Mumbai City | Land battery | Watchtower | – | Dilapidated | ASI | 19.0509°N 72.86006°E | ||
Madh Fort
|
17th century | Portuguese | Madh Island | Mumbai Suburban | Land battery | Watchtower, prison | – | Stable | ASI | 19.132283°N 72.794785°E | [3] | |
Mahim Fort | 13th century | Bhimdev | Mahim | Mumbai City | Land battery | Watchtower, defensive | – | Dilapidated | Government of Maharashtra | 19.039848°N 72.837768°E | [4] | |
Mazagon Fort | Unavailable | 1680 | British | Mazagon | Mumbai City | Land battery | Watchtower | 1690 (Yakut Khan) |
Demolished | MCGM | 18.965633°N 72.842703°E | |
Sion Fort
|
1669 | British | Sion | Mumbai City | Hill fort | Watchtower | – | Dilapidated | ASI | 19.046583°N 72.867483°E | ||
Sewri Fort
|
1680 | British | Sewri | Mumbai City | Hill fort (also Land battery) | Watchtower | – | Under renovation | ASI | 19.000635°N 72.860363°E | ||
Worli Fort
|
1675 | British | Worli | Mumbai City | Land battery | Watchtower | – | Dilapidated | ASI | 19.023732°N 72.816621°E |
Timeline
See also
- Bassein Fort
- Belapur Fort
- List of forts in India
References
- http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47249%5B%5D
- Burnell, John (March 2007). Bombay in the Days of Queen Anne - Being an Account of the Settlement Also. ISBN 9781406755473.
- http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/Thane-III/places_Versova.html
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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