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'''Bombay Castle''' (also '''Casa da Orta''') is one of the oldest defensive structures built in the city of [[Mumbai]] (formerly Bombay). The current castle is a structure built by the [[United Kingdom|British]] on the site of the ''Manor House'' built by a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] nobleman [[Garcia de Orta]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074555/https://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/Pages/frm_rajbhavanhistory.aspx?lang=en-US Bombay Castle], ''[[Governor of Maharashtra]]'', Official website.</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47249 | title=Bombay Castle still enchants 21st century Mumbai] | first=Satish | last=Nandgaonkar | newspaper=[[Indian Express]] | date=24 March 2003 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Orta had leased the island of Bombay from the [[King of Portugal]] between 1554 and 1570.<br />
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The castle was built of local blue Kurla stone and red [[laterite]] stone from the [[Konkan]] region to the south. The islands came under the hands of the English in 1665, and the [[East India Company]] took possession of the castle in 1668. Over the next ten years, they built a defensive structure around the manor. Between 1716 and 1723, a wall was built around the developing town. Although the wall was demolished in 1865 after the city grew rapidly, fragments still exist in some areas.<br />
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Few records of the original Portuguese castle remain and historians are trying to piece together the original location of the manor. Two gates of the manor are located within ''[[INS Angre]]'', a [[Indian Navy|naval]] station in [[South Mumbai]]. A [[sundial]] thought to date back to the Portuguese era is also present. This sundial does not mark out the 12 hours of a day, but rather marks out certain periods that the people of the time deemed important.<br />
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The main building within the castle was the Governor's House, in which [[Gerald Aungier]], the second [[Governor of Bombay]] used to stay. The residence was later moved to [[Parel]] and then to [[Malabar Hill]] over the next two centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/Pages/frm_rajbhavanhistory.aspx?lang=en-US|title=The History of Raj Bhavan, Mumbai|publisher=Raj Bhavan Maharashtra|access-date=30 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074555/https://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/Pages/frm_rajbhavanhistory.aspx?lang=en-US|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The current building houses the offices of the [[Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command]].<ref name="toi">{{cite news|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?skin=pastissues2&enter=LowLevel&AW=1222759436906|title=Navy steps in to restore historic fort|last=Joseph|first=Anjali|date=2007-03-27|work=[[Times of India]]|publisher=[[Times Group]]|pages=4|access-date=2008-09-30}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090506005553/http://www.mumbainet.com/template1.php?CID=15&SCID=5 History of Mumbai]<br />
* [http://www.magicalmumbai.com/15/mumbai/ History & Geography of Mumbai]<br />
* [http://wikimapia.org/2343188/Main-Portuguese-Gate-to-Bombay-Castle Main Portuguese Gate to Bombay Castle] at ''[[wikimapia]]''.<br />
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