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{{Other uses|Fort George (disambiguation){{!}}Fort George}}{{Infobox building
| name = Fort George
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| image = Mumbai fort remains 6.jpg
| caption = Remains of the fort wall near St. George Hospital
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| building_type = Fort
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| location = [[Fort (Mumbai precinct)|Fort]], [[Mumbai]]
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| client = British
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| current_tenants = [[St George Hospital, Mumbai|St George Hospital]]
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| completion_date = 1769
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| destruction_date = 1862
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| coordinates = {{coord|18.94090|72.83759|display=inline}}
| altitude = {{convert|13|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
}}'''Fort George''' was an extension to the fortified walls of [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai) built in 1769, located in the [[Fort (Mumbai precinct)|Fort]] area to which it lent its name.

The site upon which Fort George was later built was originally occupied by [[Dongri Fort]]. The hill on which it was situated, Dongri Hill, was razed in 1739, as it presented a vantage point for [[Maratha Confederacy|Marathi]] attackers to assault Bombay's fortifications. In 1769, Fort George, named after [[George III|George III of Great Britain and Ireland]], was built. It was the made center of British administration in [[Bombay Presidency]] until the Governor's Residence was moved to [[Parel]] in 1829. In 1862, the fort, made redundant by the establishment of British hegemony in the area and Bombay's urban growth, was mostly demolished on the orders of [[List of governors of Bombay Presidency|Governor]] [[Henry Bartle Frere]]. The north bastion of the fort was left intact, and is currently used by the Directorate of Archeology and Museums, Maharashtra State.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pics & History: The Bombay Castle / Fort area |url=https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/shifting-gears/208500-pics-history-bombay-castle-fort-area.html |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Team-BHP.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Bombay fort.jpg|Plan of Bombay fort 1750-1864. Fort George can be seen at the top of Centre Right
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[List of forts in Maharashtra]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19970715/19650713.html|title=Fortifying colonial legacy|access-date=2008-11-10|newspaper=[[The Indian Express|Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.]]|date=1997-06-15|archive-date=19 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919114744/http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19970715/19650713.html|url-status=dead}}
*[http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/history/c18.html 18th Century History of Mumbai]
*''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Vg0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA273&dq=Fort+George,+Bombay#PPA274,M1 Fort+George,+Bombay A Handbook for India: Being an Account of the Three Presidencies and of the Overland Route]''

{{Forts around Mumbai}}

[[Category:Forts around Mumbai]]
[[Category:History of Mumbai]]
[[Category:1862 disestablishments]]
[[Category:1769 establishments in the British Empire]]
[[Category:18th-century forts in India]]
[[Category:Demolished buildings and structures in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1862]]

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