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{{Infobox military installation<br />
|name = Jaigad Fort<br />
|native_name = जयगड किल्ला<br />
|partof = the [[Maratha Empire]]<br />
|location = Jaigad, [[Ratnagiri district]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
|image = <br />
|caption = Western Wall of the Jaigad Fort<br />
|map_type =India Maharashtra<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|17.3007|73.2215|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline}}<br />
|map_size = 250 <br />
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|map_caption = Jaigad<br />
|type = Coastal Fortification<br />
|code = <br />
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|builder = Presumed to be [[Sultan of Bijapur]], strengthened by [[Kanhoji Angre]]<br />
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|demolished = <br />
|condition = Protected Ruins<br />
|ownership = <br />
|open_to_public = Yes<br />
|controlledby = {{noflag}}[[Bijapur Sultanate|Bijapur]]<br>{{noflag}}Konkan Pirates<br>{{noflag}}[[Sangameshwar]]<br>{{flagcountry|Maratha Empire}} (<small>1713-1818</small>)<br>{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}<br />
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} [[East India Company]] (<small>1818-1857</small>)<br />
* {{flagicon image|British Raj Red Ensign.svg}} [[India]] (<small>1857-1947</small>)<br />
{{flagcountry|India}} (<small>1947-</small>)<ref name="Jaigad Commanders">{{cite book|last=Naravane|first=M. S.|title=The Maritime and Coastal Forts of India|year=1998|publisher=APH Publishing|location=Pg. 71|isbn=8170249104|pages=196 pages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k59aVCIlFB8C}}</ref><br />
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'''Jaigad Fort''' ({{lang-mr|जयगड किल्ला}}, {{transliteration|mr|''Jayagaḍa killā''}}) (Also transliterated as '''Zyghur''' in old British records.<ref name="Zyghur or Jaigad">{{cite book|last=Naravane|first=M. S.|title=The Maritime and Coastal Forts of India|year=1998|publisher=APH Publishing|location=Pg. 70|isbn=8170249104|pages=196 pages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k59aVCIlFB8C}}</ref>) is a coastal fortification that is located at the tip of a peninsula in [[Ratnagiri District]] at a distance of 14&nbsp;km from the temple town of [[Ganpatipule]], in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Nestled on a cliff, it overlooks a bay formed where the Shastri river enters the [[Arabian Sea]].<ref name="travelog">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.indiatravelogue.com/dest/maha/maha5.html<br />
|title=India travelogue entry about Ganpatipule and Jaigad Fort<br />
|access-date=2007-01-15<br />
}}</ref><br />
It has a commanding view of the bay, the nearby power plant and the open sea. A [[jetty]] port Angrey, and a lighthouse is located nearby. Although in ruins, most of the fort's outer wall and [[defensive wall|ramparts]] still stand. A deep [[moat]] surrounds the fort side not facing the cliff edge. In the middle of the 13 acre fort lies the palace of [[Kanhoji Angre]], a Ganpati temple and wells to store water. It is a protected monument.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of the protected monuments of Mumbai Circle district-wise|url=http://www.asimumbaicircle.com/images/list-of-protected-monuments-n-forts.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606093840/http://www.asimumbaicircle.com/images/list-of-protected-monuments-n-forts.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 June 2013}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Jaigad fort is said to have been built by Bijapur Kings in the 16th century. Later it passed into the hands of Naiks of [[Sangameshwar]]. He had 7-8 villages and 600 troops under his command. He defeated combined forces of Bijapur and [[Portugal|Portuguese]] in 1583 and 1585. In 1713 Jaigad was one of the ten forts which was ceded by [[Balaji Vishwanath]] Peshwa to [[Kanhoji Angre]]. In June 1818 this fort was captured by British without any struggle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/RATNAGIRI/places_Jaygad.html |title=The Gazetteers Department - RATNAGIRI |publisher=Cultural.maharashtra.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2022-08-12}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== See also ==<br />
{{commons category|Jaigad Fort}}<br />
* [[List of forts in Maharashtra]]<br />
* [[List of forts in India]]<br />
* [[Maratha Navy]]<br />
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{{Forts in Maharashtra}}<br />
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[[Category:Buildings and structures of the Maratha Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Forts in Ratnagiri district]]<br />
[[Category:16th-century forts in India]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Konkan]]</div>Delinker