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	The '''Mazagaon Fort''' was a British fort in [[Mazagaon]], [[Mumbai\|Bombay (present-day Mumbai)]], in the [[India]]n state of [[Maharashtra]], built around 1680. The fort was razed by the [[Muslim]] [[Koli people\|Koli]] general, [[Yakut Khan]] in June 1690.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6fVBAQAAMAAJ&q~~=Gohagad+koli&dq~~=Gohagad+koli\|title=A History of the Maratha People\|last1=Kincaid\|first1=Charles Augustus\|last2=Pārasanīsa\|first2=Dattātraya Baḷavanta\|date=1922\|publisher=H. Milford, Oxford University Press\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924070623776\|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924070623776/page/n456 443]\|quote=Yakub Khan koli.\|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kolába and Janjira\|last=Campbell\|first=Sir James MacNabb\|date=1883\|publisher=Government Central Press\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UU1uAAAAMAAJ~~&dq=Yakut+Khan+koli~~&q=Koli\|title=Bajirao I: an outstanding cavalry general\|last1=Palsokar\|first1=R. D.\|last2=Reddy\|first2=T. Rabi\|date=1995\|publisher=Reliance Pub. House\|isbn=9788185972947\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3CPc22nMqIC~~&pg=PA174~~&dq=Yakut+Khan+koli#q=~~Yakut%20Khan%20koli~~\|title=The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times\|last=Ali\|first=Shanti Sadiq\|date=1996\|publisher=Orient Blackswan\|isbn=9788125004851\|language=en}}</ref> The fort was located at the present-day Joseph Baptista Gardens, atop Bhandarwada Hill outside the [[Dockyard Road]] railway station.<ref name="iexpress">{{cite news\|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47106 \|title=Mazgaon fort was blown to pieces – 313 years ago \|last=Nandgaonkar \|first=Satish \|date=2003-03-22 \|work=[[Indian Express]] \|publisher=[[Express Group]] \|access-date=2008-09-20 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030412025617/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47106 \|archive-date=2003-04-12 }}</ref>		The '''Mazagaon Fort''' was a British fort in [[Mazagaon]], [[Mumbai\|Bombay (present-day Mumbai)]], in the [[India]]n state of [[Maharashtra]], built around 1680. The fort was razed by the [[Muslim]] [[Koli people\|Koli]] general, [[Yakut Khan]] in June 1690.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6fVBAQAAMAAJ&q=Gohagad+koli\|title=A History of the Maratha People\|last1=Kincaid\|first1=Charles Augustus\|last2=Pārasanīsa\|first2=Dattātraya Baḷavanta\|date=1922\|publisher=H. Milford, Oxford University Press\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924070623776\|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924070623776/page/n456 443]\|quote=Yakub Khan koli.\|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kolába and Janjira\|last=Campbell\|first=Sir James MacNabb\|date=1883\|publisher=Government Central Press\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UU1uAAAAMAAJ&q=Koli\|title=Bajirao I: an outstanding cavalry general\|last1=Palsokar\|first1=R. D.\|last2=Reddy\|first2=T. Rabi\|date=1995\|publisher=Reliance Pub. House\|isbn=9788185972947\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3CPc22nMqIC&dq=Yakut+Khan+koli&pg=PA174\|title=The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times\|last=Ali\|first=Shanti Sadiq\|date=1996\|publisher=Orient Blackswan\|isbn=9788125004851\|language=en}}</ref> The fort was located at the present-day Joseph Baptista Gardens, atop Bhandarwada Hill outside the [[Dockyard Road]] railway station.<ref name="iexpress">{{cite news\|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47106 \|title=Mazgaon fort was blown to pieces – 313 years ago \|last=Nandgaonkar \|first=Satish \|date=2003-03-22 \|work=[[Indian Express]] \|publisher=[[Express Group]] \|access-date=2008-09-20 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030412025617/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47106 \|archive-date=2003-04-12 }}</ref>

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The '''Mazagaon Fort''' was a British fort in [[Mazagaon]], [[Mumbai|Bombay (present-day Mumbai)]], in the [[India]]n state of [[Maharashtra]], built around 1680. The fort was razed by the [[Muslim]] [[Koli people|Koli]] general, [[Yakut Khan]] in June 1690.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6fVBAQAAMAAJ&q=Gohagad+koli&dq=Gohagad+koli|title=A History of the Maratha People|last1=Kincaid|first1=Charles Augustus|last2=Pārasanīsa|first2=Dattātraya Baḷavanta|date=1922|publisher=H. Milford, Oxford University Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924070623776|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924070623776/page/n456 443]|quote=Yakub Khan koli.|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kolába and Janjira|last=Campbell|first=Sir James MacNabb|date=1883|publisher=Government Central Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UU1uAAAAMAAJ&dq=Yakut+Khan+koli&q=Koli|title=Bajirao I: an outstanding cavalry general|last1=Palsokar|first1=R. D.|last2=Reddy|first2=T. Rabi|date=1995|publisher=Reliance Pub. House|isbn=9788185972947|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3CPc22nMqIC&pg=PA174&dq=Yakut+Khan+koli#q=Yakut%20Khan%20koli|title=The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times|last=Ali|first=Shanti Sadiq|date=1996|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=9788125004851|language=en}}</ref> The fort was located at the present-day Joseph Baptista Gardens, atop Bhandarwada Hill outside the [[Dockyard Road]] railway station.<ref name="iexpress">{{cite news|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47106 |title=Mazgaon fort was blown to pieces – 313 years ago |last=Nandgaonkar |first=Satish |date=2003-03-22 |work=[[Indian Express]] |publisher=[[Express Group]] |access-date=2008-09-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030412025617/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47106 |archive-date=2003-04-12 }}</ref>

==History==
{{main|History of Mumbai}}
Up to the eighteenth century, Bombay consisted of several small islands. In 1661, seven of these islands were ceded by the Portuguese to the British as part of the dowry of [[Catherine of Braganza]] when she married [[Charles II of England]]. The harbour proved eminently apposite, and the British planned to shift their base from [[Surat]]. The [[Siddi]]s, who were of African descent and noted for their navies, had allied themselves with the [[Mughal dynasty|Mughals]]. The British, through the [[East India Company]], and the Mughals were constantly waging war on each other. As allies of the Mughals, the Siddis also viewed the British as enemies.<ref name="iexpress" />

Faced with relentless attacks by the Siddis in 1672, The British constructed several fortifications in the area, and in 1680 the Sewri fort was complete. It stood on the island of Mazagaon, on a hill overlooking the eastern seaboard.

In 1689, the Siddi general, Yakut Khan, with an army of 20,000 men, invaded Bombay. The fleet first captured the [[Sewri Fort]], then the Mazagon Fort, before sacking the town of [[Mahim]]. In April 1689, the Siddis laid siege to the [[Dongri Fort|British fortification]] to the south. The British governor [[Sir John Child, 1st Baronet|Sir John Child]] appealed to the Mughal [[Aurangzeb]] to reign in Sakat for a price. In February 1690, the Mughal emperor agreed, on the conditions that rupees 1.5 lakhs (150,000) (over one billion USD at 2008 conversion rates) be paid, and Child be sacked.<ref name="iexpress" /> Child's untimely death in 1690, however, resulted in his escaping the ignominy of being sacked.

Enraged at barter, Sakat withdrew his forces on 8 June 1690, after razing the Mazagaon Fort.<ref name="iexpress" />

In 1884, the British developed Bhandarwada Hill as a major water [[reservoir]]. It supplies water to South and Central Mumbai. A popular recreation ground, the ground is named after [[Joseph Baptista]], a freedom fighter and close aide of the Indian freedom movement activist, [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]].

==See also==
[[File:Bombay map 18c.jpg|thumb|Old map of the region (post 1805)]]
* [[Mazagaon]]
* [[Mazagaon Gardens]]
* [[Sewri Fort]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
*[[List of forts in Maharashtra]]

{{Forts around Mumbai}}
{{Forts in India}}

[[Category:Archaeological sites in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:History of Mumbai]]
[[Category:1680 establishments in the British Empire]]
[[Category:Demolished buildings and structures in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures demolished in the 1690s]]

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