Vijaydurg / Gheriya Fort

Vijaydurg / Gheriya Fort

Fort on the south Konkan coast of Maharashtra

Name : Vijaydurg castle

height: one hundred meters

Type : Jaldurg

Mountaineering range : easy

Venue: Devgad, Maharashtra

Nearest village : Vijaydurg

Current Condition : Good enough

Set up: 1193

Vijaydurg or Gheria is a citadel within the country of Maharashtra, India. Vijaydurg is a water fortress placed in Sindhudurg district. The fort is located approximately 225 km south of Mumbai and one hundred fifty km north of Goa. The fortress is spread over an area of ​​approximately 17 acres. The fortress has three ramparts. this is called armored ramparts. it's far surrounded on three facets by means of water. The fort has subways. One to the east of the citadel and the other to the west.

History :

Vijaydurg fortress became built by way of Raja Bhojne of Shilahar dynasty at the give up of eleventh century. Later it became below the manipulate of Bahamani and later Adilshahi. Tavernier The fortress changed into visited in 1650. He has defined it as 'impregnable fort of Bijapurkar'. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered Vijaydurg fortress in October-November 1664. The fort turned into within the ownership of Kanhoji Angre and his sons Sambhaji Angre and Tuloji Angre. became till 1756. The combined forces of the Peshwa and the British defeated the army of Tulaji Angre on 13 February 1756 and captured Vijaydurg. This put an give up to the domination of the Marathas over the sea. consistent with the Anglo-Peshwa agreement, Vijaydurg was to receive to the Peshwas, but the British did not effectively accept it. in the long run, the British took Bankot fortress and seven close by villages from the Peshwas and gave Vijaydurg to the Peshwas after 8 months. The Peshwas gave the province of Vijaydurg and Subhedari to Anandrao Dhulap. From 1664 to 1818, the fort became dominated by way of Marathi. The fort turned into later captured by using the British.

Vijaydurg become additionally called the Gibraltar of the East because it was an invincible fortress. Waghotan Bay, 40 km long, is the stronghold of this citadel. because massive ships couldn't input the shallow waters of the creek and small ships of the Marathi Armory were anchored on this creek, however they could not be visible from the sea.

Weather :

during the monsoons, it rains plenty and the climate is temperate. The weather is cold in wintry weather and foggy inside the morning. The weather is hot in summer season. Paddy is cultivated right here all through monsoons.

Civic amenity :

here is the department of Nationalized financial institution of India. The financial institution price range agriculture, dairying, nicely digging, sheep rearing, grocery stores, different carrier groups, and many others.

A way to attain Vijaydurg :

Vijaydurg is 485 km from Mumbai and 455 km from Pune

Countrywide blanketed Monuments :

This fort was declared as a country wide blanketed Monument in Maharashtra on thirteenth December. Declared 1916.

Secrets of Vijaydurg :

as soon as the British invaded Vijaydurg with three warships and an army. to conquer Jaldurga changed into to first fire cannons at it and then climb the citadel. for that reason, all the warships meant to do justice near the citadel, but one by one, all 3 warships sank. this is the motive why the thick wall round Vijaydurg turned into constructed through Shivaraya to shield the citadel from enemies. This wall is so deep that it can not be seen even at low tide. The ships of the Swarajya fleet used to come back and pass without problems thru those partitions. because their bottoms have been shallow and flat. towards this the bottom of the English deliver become sloping and deep. this is why western ships come close to the citadel, hit the wall and drown. Vijaydurg remained impregnable because of the wall at the lowest of the sea. specialists from the country wide Institute of Oceanography showed the fact that the wall became constructed all through Shivaraya's career.

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