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The existence of the earliest forts in India have been substantiated by documentation and excavation. In the medieval times, the architecture of the forts had both Hindu and Muslim influence. The forts constructed by the British initially opted for simple designs. The existing castles are continually modified and many of them are privately owned.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of forts in India. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)
Aligarh Fort, one of the strongest forts in India, was fortified and commanded by a French mercenary officer Pierre Perron. It was laid under siege on 1 September 1803, by the British 76th Regiment, now known as the Yorkshire Regiment, under General Lord Gerard Lake. It was captured from the Marathas and French on 4 September 1803. [3]
This fort was built during the Bahamani period. In 1670 Maratha emperor chhatrapati Shivaji maharaj won the fort from the hands of Adil Shah of Bijapur. [1] Shivaji maharaj had built protecting towers on two commanding points, one at the south and the other near the old court house.
The Bangalore fort, ca. 1791, was described as follows: [10] Bangalore, like Madras, had a fort, with a pettah, or fortified town, outside it.This lay-out was a feature of almost all the cities or settlements in India, the fort providing a place of refuge for most of the inhabitants if the pettah was in danger of capture.
It is about 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) from the National Highway 66 and 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Gokarna, the famous Hindu pilgrimage centre on the west coast of India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to the first historical version, Rani Chennabhairadevi of Gersoppa (under the Vijayanagara Empire ) was initially credited with building the Mirjan Fort in ...
The Worli Fort is a fort in Worli, Mumbai, India. [1] Though often incorrectly assumed to have been built by the Portuguese , the fort was built by the British around 1675 on Worli Hill. Worli Fort overlooked Mahim Bay at a time when the city comprised just seven islands and was used as a lookout for enemy ships.
Fort Emmanuel, also known as Fort Manuel, is a ruined fort located at Fort Kochi Beach in Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India. [1] It was built by the Portuguese to be a bastion & a symbol of the strategic alliance between the Kingdom of Cochin and the Kingdom of Portugal. [2] Named after Manuel I of Portugal, it was the first European fort built in ...