Vasai fort ruins

This fort was built by the Portugese in 1590 AD to strengthen their naval superiority over the Arabian Sea. The fort was taken over by the Maratha army in 1739 after a three-year-long campaign. The British then took over the territory from the Marathas in 1817 AD.

Our world

Safe Passage through Sewri fort.

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Fortified

Visitors' wall in the room in Sewri fort.

Sion fort

Ruins of Sion fort.

Placid Pond

Placid pond in Bandra fort.

At Sion fort

Our world

Crumbling walls of Bandra Fort.

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Monochrome mania

Doorway in Sewri fort.

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Our world

Clicked in Fort area of South Mumbai.

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Monochrome mania

A water fountain erected in memory of Bomonjee Hormarjee Wadia Esq. in 1880 in Bazaar Gate Street in the Fort area of Mumbai. He was a wealthy trader and the Sheriff of Mumbai in 1859. Unfortunately this structure is near ruins now.

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Skywatch friday

 

The Rajabai Tower in the Fort campus of Bombay University, against a clear grey sky. This tower was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott who modeled it on the Big Ben of London. It was built between 1869 and 1878. The entire cost was borne by Premchand Roychand and named after his mother Rajabai who was blind and the bell chimes of this tower helped her know the time for dinner which she had to have before sunset as per her religious belief.

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