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'''Kelve Fort ''' / '''Kelwa Fort''' ({{lang-mr|केळवे किल्ला}}) is a fort located 12.5 km from [[Palghar]], in [[Palghar district]], of [[Maharashtra]]. This fort is amidst the [[Casuarina]] plantation on the [[Kelwa Beach]]. This fort is in ruined condition. The outer walls, steps, parapets, bastions etc. in solid masonry are in excellent order and worth seeing. The half of the fort is below the sandy beach level. The fort is located in the Mangelwada of Kelve village. There is a small ''Kelve pankot'' on the mouth of the Kelve creek.

This fort was built by Portuguese. The [[portuguese people|portuguese]] reported that in 1727 there was a garrison of sixty men in the fort out of which seven were white. There were 15 guns of two to ten pounder size but there were no artillery man. Most of the guns were unserviceable.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite web |last1=Govt. of Maharashtra |title=The Marathas |url=https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Thana%20District/Thane-II/histroy_marathas.html#1 |website=www.gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in |publisher=Govt. of maharashtra |accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref> After the siege of [[Vasai Fort]] by [[Chimaji Appa]], the Maratha army captured this fort on 10 January 1739. The fort was captured by British Army in 1818. The half buried fort in the sandy soil was unearthed in 2008–09.<ref name="trekshitiz" />

==How to reach==

 

==Places to see==

The fort is rectangular in shape. The entrance gate is east facing immediately followed by another gate at a right angle to the earlier. There are four bastions triangular in shape on the four corners of the fort. It takes about 10 minutes to walk around the parapet wall and visit all the places of the fort.<ref name="trekshitiz">{{cite web |title=Kelve fort |url=http://trekshitiz.com/marathi/Kelve_Fort-Trek-K-Alpha.html |website=www.trekshitiz.com |publisher=trekshitiz |accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref>

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