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    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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    Presidency. Janjira State was located on the Konkan coast in the present-day Raigad district of Maharashtra. The state included the towns of Murud and Shrivardhan...
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  • Thumbnail for Daulatabad Fort
    Daulatabad Fort originally Deogiri Fort, is a historic fortified citadel located in Daulatabad village near Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra, India...
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    The Red Fort, also known as Lal Qila (Hindustani: [laːl qiːlaː]) is a historic fort in Delhi, India, that historically served as the main residence of...
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    Tiruchirappalli Rock Fort, locally known as Malaikottai, is a historic fortification and temple complex built on an ancient rock. It is located in the...
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    Padmadurg (redirect from Kasa fort)
    called Kasa and the fort was named Padmadurg. The fort has six bastions. "Murud-Janjira & Padmadurg Fort: Keepers of the Konkan coast". The Economic Times...
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    Vellore Fort is a large 16th-century fort situated in heart of the Vellore city, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India built by the Emperors of Vijayanagara...
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    Castella de Aguada (corruption of Castelo da Aguada, Portuguese for "Fort of the Waterpoint"), also known as the Bandra Fort, is a fort located in Bandra...
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    fort located in the city of Mahad. It is one of the strongest fortress on the Deccan Pleatue and was historically referred to as Rairee or Rairy fort...
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    merchants in the Konkan coast, and to curb the rise of Siddhis of Janjira. The fort was built on a small island known as the Khurte island. [Chatrappati...
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    Amer Fort or Amber Fort is a fort located in Amer, Rajasthan, India. Amer is a town with an area of 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi) located 11 kilometres...
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  • Thumbnail for Jaisalmer Fort
    Jaisalmer Fort is situated in the city of Jaisalmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is one of the very few "living forts" in the world (such as Carcassonne...
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    de Pimenta" in Portuguese) to the Queen of Gersoppa. There are many versions to the dating of this fort. The first historical version the Mirjan Fort...
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    Fort stands on the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the city of Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Along with Amer Fort and Jaigarh Fort...
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    Bhimgarh Fort, generally known as the Reasi Fort, is near Reasi, a town approximately 64 km northwest of Jammu. The fort is on a hillock approximately...
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    (literally Chittor Fort), also known as Chittod Fort, is one of the largest forts in India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fort was the capital...
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    Jaigarh Fort is situated on the promontory called the Cheel ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) of the Aravalli range; it overlooks the Amer Fort and the Maota...
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  • Thumbnail for Jhansi Fort
    Jhansi Fort or Jhansi ka Qila is a fortress situated on a large hilltop called Bangira, in Uttar Pradesh. It served as a stronghold of the Karhade Brahmin...
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  • Thumbnail for Durgadi Fort
    Durgadi Fort is a fort located in Kalyan, near Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. The fort has a Hindu temple and a masjid at the top, which has religious...
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    Gingee Fort or Senji Fort (also known as Chenji, Chanchi, Jinji or Senchi) in Tamil Nadu, India is one of the surviving forts in Tamil Nadu, India. It...
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    The Fort of Gwalior or the Gwalior Fort is a defence hill fort in Gwalior, India. Mughal Emperor Babur called it the "pearl amongst the fortresses of Hind"...
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    Bidar Fort is located in old city area, Bidar, Karnataka, India. The fort, the city and the district are all affixed with the name Bidar. Sultan Ahmad...
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    The Gulbarga Fort is located in Kalaburagi in the Kalaburagi district of North Karnataka. This fort was originally constructed by a hindu king Raja Gulchand...
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    The Bhangarh Fort is a 16th-century fort built in the Rajasthan state of India. The town was established during the rule of Bhagwant Das as the residence...
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    and Dadabhoi of Surat. He had also captured Anjanvel from the Siddis of Janjira. Another reason for the Peshwa to go against Tulaji was that, Tulaji refused...
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  • Thumbnail for Allahabad Fort
    Allahabad Fort was built by the Mughal emperor Akbar at Prayagraj in 1583. The fort stands on the banks of the Yamuna, near its confluence with the Ganges...
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    11.9318; 79.8331 Fort Louis or Fort Saint Louis was a French fort that stood in Pondicherry on the eastern coast of India. The fort was built around 1701...
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    the construction of the Janjira Fort in the Murud Area of present-day Maharashtra India. After its construction in 1567, the fort was key to the Sidis withstanding...
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  • Thumbnail for Torna Fort
    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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    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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