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The following is a '''list of [[fort]]s in [[Mumbai]]'''.
The following is a '''list of [[fort]]s in [[Mumbai]]'''.


==List==
==List==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="vertical-align:top"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="vertical-align:top"
! width="200" | Name <br><small>(other names)</small>
! width="200" | Name <br /><small>(other names)</small>
! class="unsortable" | Image
! class="unsortable" | Image
! Built in
! Built in
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! Type
! Type
! class="unsortable" | Purpose
! class="unsortable" | Purpose
! Razed <br><small>(By)</small>
! Razed <br /><small>(By)</small>
! Current status
! Current status
! Current owner
! Current owner
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! class="unsortable" | Ref
! class="unsortable" | Ref
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
| class="fn org" | [[Bombay Castle]]<br>{{smalldiv|
| class="fn org" | [[Bombay Castle]]<br />{{smalldiv|
* Casa da Orta
* Casa da Orta
* Manor House
* Manor House
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| <ref>http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47249{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| <ref>http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47249{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
| class="fn org" | [[Castella de Aguada]]<br>
| class="fn org" | [[Castella de Aguada]]
*<small>Bandra Fort</small>
*<small>Bandra Fort</small>
| [[File:Castella de Aguada 7.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:Castella de Aguada 7.jpg|100px]]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#fcc;" class="vcard"
|- style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#fcc;" class="vcard"
| class="fn org" | [[Dongri Fort]]<br>
| class="fn org" | [[Dongri Fort]]
*<small>Dungarey Fort</small>
*<small>Dungarey Fort</small>
| Unavailable
| Unavailable
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| [[Hill fort]]
| [[Hill fort]]
| Defensive
| Defensive
| 1769 <br><small>([[British East India Company|British]])</small>
| 1769 <br /><small>([[British East India Company|British]])</small>
| Demolished
| Demolished
| N/A
| N/A
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| Defensive
| Defensive
| Defensive
| Defensive
| 1862 <br><small>([[British East India Company|British]])</small>
| 1862 <br /><small>([[British East India Company|British]])</small>
| Remnants
| Remnants
| [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| [[Government of Maharashtra]]
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|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
| class="fn org" | [[Riwa Fort]]<br>{{smalldiv|
| class="fn org" | [[Riwa Fort]]<br />{{smalldiv|
* Kala Killa
* Kala Killa
* Dharavi Fort
* Dharavi Fort
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|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
| class="fn org" | [[Madh Fort]] <br>
| class="fn org" | [[Madh Fort]]  
*<small>Versorva Fort </small>
*<small>Versorva Fort </small>
| [[File:Madh-fort3.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:Madh-fort3.jpg|100px]]
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| [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| [[Government of Maharashtra]]
| {{coord|19.039848|72.837768|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}}
| {{coord|19.039848|72.837768|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.karmayog.org/knowmumbai/knowmumbai_10861.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030909/http://www.karmayog.org/knowmumbai/knowmumbai_10861.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.karmayog.org/knowmumbai/knowmumbai_10861.htm |title=TOI : New hope for Mahim fort : Oct 26,2007 &#124; Know Mumbai&#124;People and Places of Special Interest &#124; www.karmayog.org |access-date=28 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030909/http://www.karmayog.org/knowmumbai/knowmumbai_10861.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#fcc;" class="vcard"
|- style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#fcc;" class="vcard"
| class="fn org" | [[Mazagon Fort]]
| class="fn org" | [[Mazagon Fort]]
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| [[Land battery]]
| [[Land battery]]
| Watchtower
| Watchtower
| 1690 <br><small>([[Yakut Khan]])</small>
| 1690 <br /><small>([[Yakut Khan]])</small>
| Demolished
| Demolished
| [[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai|MCGM]]
| [[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai|MCGM]]
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|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
| class="fn org" | [[Sion Fort]]<br>
| class="fn org" | [[Sion Fort]]
*<small>Sion Hillock Fort</small>
*<small>Sion Hillock Fort</small>
| [[File:External Wall of Sion Fort.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:External Wall of Sion Fort.jpg|100px]]
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|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
| class="fn org" | [[Sewri Fort]]<br>
| class="fn org" | [[Sewri Fort]]
* <small>Sewree Fort</small>
* <small>Sewree Fort</small>
| [[File:Sewri fort courtyard.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:Sewri fort courtyard.jpg|100px]]
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|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"
| class="fn org" | [[Worli Fort]]<br>
| class="fn org" | [[Worli Fort]]
* <small>Worlee Fort</small>
* <small>Worlee Fort</small>
| [[File:Worli fort, 2013-10-06 15-43.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:Worli fort, 2013-10-06 15-43.jpg|100px]]

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The following is a 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
  • Casa da Orta
  • Manor House
  • Governor House
  • INS Angre
 Unavailable 1554 Portuguese Fort area Mumbai City Land battery Administration – Preserved Indian Navy 18°55′52″N 72°50′15″E / 18.93111°N 72.83750°E / 18.93111; 72.83750 [1]
Castella de Aguada
  • Bandra Fort
 1640 Portuguese Bandra Mumbai Suburban Land battery Watchtower, freshwater source – Under renovation ASI 19°02′30″N 72°49′07″E / 19.04177°N 72.81858°E / 19.04177; 72.81858
Dongri Fort
  • Dungarey Fort
 Unavailable 1596 Portuguese Dongri Mumbai City Hill fort Defensive 1769
(British) 		Demolished N/A 18°56′27″N 72°50′15″E / 18.94090°N 72.83759°E / 18.94090; 72.83759 [2]
Fort George 1770 British Dongri Mumbai City Defensive Defensive 1862
(British) 		Remnants Government of Maharashtra 18°56′27″N 72°50′15″E / 18.94090°N 72.83759°E / 18.94090; 72.83759
Riwa Fort
  • Kala Killa
  • Dharavi Fort
 1737 British Dharavi Mumbai City Land battery Watchtower – Dilapidated ASI 19°03′03″N 72°51′36″E / 19.0509°N 72.86006°E / 19.0509; 72.86006
Madh Fort
  • Versorva Fort
17th century Portuguese Madh Island Mumbai Suburban Land battery Watchtower, prison – Stable ASI 19°07′56″N 72°47′41″E / 19.132283°N 72.794785°E / 19.132283; 72.794785 [3]
Mahim Fort 13th century Bhimdev Mahim Mumbai City Land battery Watchtower, defensive – Dilapidated Government of Maharashtra 19°02′23″N 72°50′16″E / 19.039848°N 72.837768°E / 19.039848; 72.837768 [4]
Mazagon Fort Unavailable 1680 British Mazagon Mumbai City Land battery Watchtower 1690
(Yakut Khan) 		Demolished MCGM 18°57′56″N 72°50′34″E / 18.965633°N 72.842703°E / 18.965633; 72.842703
Sion Fort
  • Sion Hillock Fort
 1669 British Sion Mumbai City Hill fort Watchtower – Dilapidated ASI 19°02′48″N 72°52′03″E / 19.046583°N 72.867483°E / 19.046583; 72.867483
Sewri Fort
  • Sewree Fort
 1680 British Sewri Mumbai City Hill fort (also Land battery) Watchtower – Under renovation ASI 19°00′02″N 72°51′37″E / 19.000635°N 72.860363°E / 19.000635; 72.860363
Worli Fort
  • Worlee Fort
 1675 British Worli Mumbai City Land battery Watchtower – Dilapidated ASI 19°01′25″N 72°49′00″E / 19.023732°N 72.816621°E / 19.023732; 72.816621

Timeline

Fort GeorgeRiwa FortMadh FortSewri FortMazagaon FortWorli FortSion FortCastella da AguadaDongri FortBombay CastleMahim Fort

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47249[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ Burnell, John (March 2007). Bombay in the Days of Queen Anne - Being an Account of the Settlement Also. ISBN 9781406755473.
  3. ↑ http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/Thane-III/places_Versova.html
  4. ↑ "TOI : New hope for Mahim fort : Oct 26,2007 | Know Mumbai|People and Places of Special Interest | www.karmayog.org". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
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