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	[[File:Bombay map 18c.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Old map of the region (post 1805).]]		[[File:Bombay map 18c.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Old map of the region (post 1805).]]
	The '''Worli Fort''' is a fort in [[Worli]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]].<ref Name="Murray">{{cite book \| last = Murray \| first = John \| title = A handbook for India. Part ii. Bombay \| year = 1859 \| location = Original from Oxford University \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Vg0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA272&dq=%22Worli+Fort%22&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1 \| page = 272 }}</ref> ~~The fort, often mistakenly referred~~ to ~~as being~~ built by the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]]~~, was~~ built by the [[United Kingdom\|British]] in around 1675~~. Built~~ on the Worli hill, Worli Fort overlooked the [[Mahim Bay]] at a time the city ~~was made up of~~ just [[seven islands of Bombay\|seven islands]]. It was used as a lookout for enemy ships and pirates.		The '''Worli Fort''' is a fort in [[Worli]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]].<ref Name="Murray">{{cite book \| last = Murray \| first = John \| title = A handbook for India. Part ii. Bombay \| year = 1859 \| location = Original from Oxford University \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Vg0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA272&dq=%22Worli+Fort%22&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1 \| page = 272 }}</ref> Often wrongly assumed to be built by the [[Portugal\|Portuguese]] but built by the [[United Kingdom\|British]] around 1675 on the Worli hill. Worli Fort overlooked the [[Mahim Bay]] at that time when the city comprised just [[seven islands of Bombay\|seven islands]]. The Fort was used as a lookout for enemy ships and pirates.

			The centuries-old village is home to one of the oldest communities of fisherfolk still existing in Mumbai. It was after the construction of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Nambiar \|first=Sridevi \|date=2016-12-05 \|title=A Brief History Of Mumbai’s Worli Fort \|url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/a-brief-history-of-mumbais-worli-fort/ \|access-date=2022-06-20 \|website=Culture Trip}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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[[File:Bombay map 18c.jpg|thumb|250px|Old map of the region (post 1805).]]
The '''Worli Fort''' is a fort in [[Worli]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]].<ref Name="Murray">{{cite book | last = Murray | first = John | title = A handbook for India. Part ii. Bombay | year = 1859 | location = Original from Oxford University | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Vg0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA272&dq=%22Worli+Fort%22&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1 | page = 272 }}</ref> The fort, often mistakenly referred to as being built by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]], was built by the [[United Kingdom|British]] in around 1675. Built on the Worli hill, Worli Fort overlooked the [[Mahim Bay]] at a time the city was made up of just [[seven islands of Bombay|seven islands]]. It was used as a lookout for enemy ships and pirates.

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=18&ll=19.024436,72.816814&spn=0.003641,0.005032&t=k&q=Mumbai Worli Fort Satellite image ] in Google Maps
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTknSyQqnpo Worli Fort] on [[YouTube]]
*[http://www.minorsights.com/2014/05/india-worli-fort-in-bombay.html Worli Koliwada and Worli Fort] on Minor Sights.
{{Tourist attractions in Mumbai}}

{{Forts around Mumbai}}
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[[Category:Archaeological sites in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:History of Mumbai]]
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