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    Belapur Fort is a fort near the township of Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The fort was built by the Siddis of Janjira. It was later conquered...
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    District of Belapur (C.B.D Belapur) is an upmarket neighbourhood of Navi Mumbai. The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is headquartered in Belapur. The Reserve...
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    fort Belapur Fort Bhagwantgad Bhairavgad Bhamer Dhule Bharatgad Bhaskargad/Basgad Bhavangad Fort/Bhondgad Bhivgad fort Bhorgiri fort Bhudargad Fort Bhupatgad...
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    Raigad, situated in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India, is a hill fort located in the town of Mahad. It is one of the strongest fortresses on the...
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    Daulatabad Fort originally Deogiri Fort, is a historic fortified citadel located in Daulatabad village near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. It was the...
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    Ramsej or Ramshej Fort is a small fort located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-west of Nashik, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The fort is located on the...
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    the palace became the center of Indian politics in the 18th century. The fort itself was largely destroyed in 1828 by an unexplained fire, but the surviving...
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    meaning ruling fort) is a Hill region fort situated in the Pune district of Maharashtra, India. Formerly known as Murumbdev, the fort was the first capital...
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    Bassein Fort Belapur Fort Bombay Castle Castella de Aguada Dongri Fort Fort George, Bombay Ghodbunder Fort Madh Fort Mahim Fort Mazagon Fort Riwa Fort Sewri...
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    Purandar Fort is a mountain fort in Pune district in Western Indian state of Maharashtra, India. The fort stands at 1,374 metres (4,508 ft) above the sea...
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    Harihar fort / Harshagad is a fort located 40 km from Nashik City, 48 km from Igatpuri, 40 km from Ghoti in Nashik district, of Maharashtra, India. It...
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    Shivneri Fort (known as Killa) (Marathi pronunciation: [ʃiʋneɾiː]) is an ancient military fortification located near Junnar in Pune district in Maharashtra...
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    Galle Fort (Sinhala: ගාලු කොටුව Galu Kotuwa; Tamil: காலிக் கோட்டை, romanized: Kālik Kōṭṭai), in the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, was...
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    Madh Island (redirect from Madh Fort)
    February 1739. The British occupied Salsette Island, Thana Fort, Fort Versova, and the island fort of Karanja in 1774. It is secluded and difficult to reach...
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    Murud-Janjira (redirect from Janjira Fort)
    Murud-Janjira (pron.) is the local name of a famous fort and tourist spot situated on an island just off the coastal town of Murud, in the Raigad district...
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    Torna Fort, also known as Prachandagad, is a large fort located in Pune district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is historically significant because...
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    Fort Aguada is a well-preserved seventeenth-century Portuguese-era fort, along with a lighthouse, standing in Goa, India, on Sinquerim Beach, overlooking...
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  • Bhairavgad fort is located in the Sahyadri mountains of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Multiple mountains are named Bhairavgad including one near the...
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    the earliest forts in India have been substantiated by documentation and excavation. In the medieval times, the architecture of the forts had both Hindu...
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    known as Fort Christiansborg or the Castle) is a castle located in Osu, Ghana, on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa. A substantial fort was built...
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    Pratapgad (redirect from Pratapgad Fort)
    Pratapgad is a mountain fort located in Satara district, in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra. The fort is situated 24 kilometres from the Mahabaleshwar...
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    Sinhagad (redirect from Sinhagad Fort)
    the fort had been the site of many battles, most notably the Battle of Sinhagad in 1670. It is located in the Pune district in Maharashtra. The fort is...
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    Karnala Fort (also called Funnel Hill) is a hill fort in Raigad district, Maharashtra, India, about 10 km from Panvel city. Currently it is a protected...
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    Harishchandragad (category Forts in Ahmednagar district)
    Harishchandra Fort is a hill fort in the Ahilyanagar(Ahmednagar) district of India. Its history is linked with that of Malshej Ghat, Kothale village and...
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    English: Fort St. John the Baptist of Ouidah) is a small restored fort in Ouidah, Benin. Built in 1721, it was the last of three European forts built in...
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    Mahurgad Fort (Marathi: माहूरगड) is a fort located 130 km (81 mi) from Nanded. The fort is in Mahur taluka in Nanded district, of Maharashtra. It is a...
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    Vishalgad (category Forts in Maharashtra)
    Empire and then later part of the Deccan States Agency of the British Raj. A fort had existed at Vishalgad for a long period. During the Bahmani rule it belonged...
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    Chimaji Appa, with Sardar Shankarbuwa Shinde wrested control of the Belapur Fort from the Portuguese. After careful planning, Chimaji Appa led Maratha...
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    Gawilghur (redirect from Gavilgad fort)
    Anglo-Maratha War. The fort takes its name from the Gawli (cow herds) who inhabited the Berar (modern day Amravati) for centuries. Earlier the fort was likely just...
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    Fort Vasai (Vasai killa in Marathi, Fortaleza de São Sebastião de Baçaim in Portuguese, Fort Bassein in English) is a ruined fort of the town of Vasai...
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