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The following is a '''list of [[fort]]s in [[Mumbai]]'''.<br />
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==List==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="vertical-align:top"<br />
! width="200" | Name <br /><small>(other names)</small><br />
! class="unsortable" | Image<br />
! Built in<br />
! Built by<br />
! Locality<br />
! District<br />
! Type<br />
! class="unsortable" | Purpose<br />
! Razed <br /><small>(by)</small><br />
! Current status<br />
! Current owner<br />
! class="unsortable" | Coordinates<br />
! class="unsortable" | Ref<br />
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"<br />
| class="fn org" | [[Bombay Castle]]<br />{{smalldiv|<br />
* Casa da Orta<br />
* Manor House<br />
* Governor House<br />
* INS ''Angre''<br />
}}<br />
| Unavailable <br />
| 1554<br />
| [[Portugal|Portuguese]]<br />
| [[Fort (Mumbai precinct)|Fort area]]<br />
| [[Mumbai City]]<br />
| [[Land battery]]<br />
| Administration<br />
| &ndash; <br />
| Preserved<br />
| [[Indian Navy]]<br />
| {{coord|18.93111|72.83750|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}}<br />
| <ref>[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47249 ]{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"<br />
| class="fn org" | [[Castella de Aguada]]<br />
*<small>Bandra Fort</small><br />
| [[File:Castella de Aguada 7.jpg|100px]]<br />
| 1640<br />
| [[Portugal|Portuguese]]<br />
| [[Bandra]]<br />
| [[Mumbai Suburban]]<br />
| [[Land battery]]<br />
| Watchtower, freshwater source<br />
| &ndash;<br />
| Under renovation<br />
| [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]]<br />
| {{coord|19.04177|72.81858|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}}<br />
|<br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#fcc;" class="vcard"<br />
| class="fn org" | [[Dongri Fort]]<br />
*<small>Dungarey Fort</small><br />
| Unavailable<br />
| 1596<br />
| [[Portugal|Portuguese]]<br />
| [[Dongri]]<br />
| [[Mumbai City]]<br />
| [[Hill fort]]<br />
| Defensive<br />
| 1769 <br /><small>([[British East India Company|British]])</small><br />
| Demolished<br />
| N/A<br />
| {{coord|18.94090|72.83759|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}}<br />
| <ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1a-Apmn-K-gC&q=%22dongri+fort%22&pg=PA33 |title = Bombay in the Days of Queen Anne - Being an Account of the Settlement Also|isbn = 9781406755473|last1 = Burnell|first1 = John|date = March 2007| publisher=Read Books }}</ref><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#fcc;" class="vcard"<br />
| class="fn org" | [[Fort George, Bombay|Fort George]]<br />
| [[File:Mumbai fort remains 6.jpg|100px|upright]]<br />
| 1770<br />
| [[British East India Company|British]]<br />
| [[Dongri]]<br />
| [[Mumbai City]]<br />
| Defensive<br />
| Defensive<br />
| 1862 <br /><small>([[British East India Company|British]])</small><br />
| Remnants<br />
| [[Government of Maharashtra]]<br />
| {{coord|18.94090|72.83759|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}}<br />
|<br />
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"<br />
| class="fn org" | [[Riwa Fort]]<br />{{smalldiv|<br />
* Kala Killa<br />
* Dharavi Fort<br />
}}<br />
| <br />
| 1737<br />
| [[British East India Company|British]]<br />
| [[Dharavi]]<br />
| [[Mumbai City]]<br />
| [[Land battery]]<br />
| Watchtower<br />
| &ndash;<br />
| Dilapidated<br />
| [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]]<br />
| {{coord|19.0509|72.86006|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}}<br />
|<br />
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"<br />
| class="fn org" | [[Madh Fort]] <br />
*<small>Versorva Fort </small><br />
| [[File:Madh-fort3.jpg|100px]]<br />
| 17th century<br />
| [[Portugal|Portuguese]]<br />
| [[Madh Island]]<br />
| [[Mumbai Suburban]]<br />
| [[Land battery]]<br />
| Watchtower, prison<br />
| &ndash;<br />
| Stable<br />
| [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]]<br />
| {{coord|19.132283|72.794785|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}}<br />
| <ref>{{Cite web | title=GAZETTEERS OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY - THANA | url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/Thane-III/places_Versova.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212195353/http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/Thane-III/places_Versova.html | access-date=2025-09-15 | archive-date=2012-02-12}}</ref><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"<br />
| class="fn org" | [[Mahim Fort]]<br />
| [[File:Mahim Fort 3.jpg|100px]]<br />
| 13th century<br />
| [[Bhima of Mahikavati|Bhimdev]]<br />
| [[Mahim]]<br />
| [[Mumbai City]]<br />
| [[Land battery]]<br />
| Watchtower, defensive<br />
| &ndash;<br />
| Dilapidated<br />
| [[Government of Maharashtra]]<br />
| {{coord|19.039848|72.837768|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}}<br />
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.karmayog.org/knowmumbai/knowmumbai_10861.htm |title=TOI : New hope for Mahim fort : Oct 26, 2007 &#124; Know Mumbai&#124;People and Places of Special Interest &#124; www.karmayog.org |access-date=28 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030909/http://www.karmayog.org/knowmumbai/knowmumbai_10861.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
|- style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#fcc;" class="vcard"<br />
| class="fn org" | [[Mazagon Fort]]<br />
| Unavailable<br />
| 1680<br />
| [[British East India Company|British]]<br />
| [[Mazagon]]<br />
| [[Mumbai City]]<br />
| [[Land battery]]<br />
| Watchtower<br />
| 1690 <br /><small>([[Yakut Khan]])</small><br />
| Demolished<br />
| [[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai|MCGM]]<br />
| {{coord|18.965633|72.842703|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}}<br />
|<br />
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"<br />
| class="fn org" | [[Sion Fort]]<br />
*<small>Sion Hillock Fort</small><br />
| [[File:External Wall of Sion Fort.jpg|100px]]<br />
| 1669<br />
| [[British East India Company|British]]<br />
| [[Sion, Mumbai|Sion]]<br />
| [[Mumbai City]]<br />
| [[Hill fort]]<br />
| Watchtower<br />
| &ndash;<br />
| Dilapidated<br />
| [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]]<br />
| {{coord|19.046583|72.867483|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}}<br />
|<br />
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"<br />
| class="fn org" | [[Sewri Fort]]<br />
* <small>Sewree Fort</small><br />
| [[File:Sewri fort courtyard.jpg|100px]]<br />
| 1680<br />
| [[British East India Company|British]]<br />
| [[Sewri]]<br />
| [[Mumbai City]]<br />
| [[Hill fort]] (also [[Land battery]])<br />
| Watchtower<br />
| &ndash;<br />
| Under renovation<br />
| [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]]<br />
| {{coord|19.000635|72.860363|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}} <br />
|<br />
|- style="vertical-align:top" class="vcard"<br />
| class="fn org" | [[Worli Fort]]<br />
* <small>Worlee Fort</small><br />
| [[File:Worli fort, 2013-10-06 15-43.jpg|100px]]<br />
| 1675<br />
| [[British East India Company|British]]<br />
| [[Worli]]<br />
| [[Mumbai City]]<br />
| [[Land battery]]<br />
| Watchtower<br />
| &ndash;<br />
| Dilapidated<br />
| [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]]<br />
| {{coord|19.023732|72.816621|region:IN-MH_type:landmark}}<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Timeline==<br />
<onlyinclude><timeline><br />
ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:12<br />
PlotArea = top:50 bottom:30 right:130 left:20<br />
AlignBars = early<br />
<br />
DateFormat = yyyy<br />
Period = from:1200 till:2050<br />
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal<br />
ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:50 start:1200<br />
<br />
Colors =<br />
id:EX value:blue legend:Extant<br />
id:DE value:red legend:Razed<br />
Legend = columns:2 left:150 top:50 columnwidth:100<br />
<br />
BarData =<br />
barset:Forts<br />
<br />
PlotData=<br />
width:5 align:left fontsize:M shift:(5,-4) anchor:till<br />
barset:Forts<br />
<br />
from: 1250 till:2009 color:EX text:[[Mahim Fort]]<br />
from: 1554 till:2009 color:EX text:[[Bombay Castle]]<br />
from: 1596 till:1769 color:DE text:[[Dongri Fort]]<br />
from: 1640 till:2009 color:EX text:[[Castella da Aguada]]<br />
from: 1669 till:2009 color:EX text:[[Sion Fort]]<br />
from: 1675 till:2009 color:EX text:[[Worli Fort]]<br />
from: 1680 till:1690 color:DE text:[[Mazagaon Fort]]<br />
from: 1680 till:2009 color:EX text:[[Sewri Fort]]<br />
from: 1695 till:2009 color:EX text:[[Madh Fort]]<br />
from: 1737 till:2009 color:EX text:[[Riwa Fort]]<br />
from: 1770 till:1862 color:DE text:[[Fort George]]<br />
barset:skip<br />
</timeline></onlyinclude><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Bassein Fort]]<br />
*[[Belapur Fort]]<br />
*[[List of forts in Maharashtra]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Forts around Mumbai|*]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of forts in India|Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of tourist attractions in Maharashtra|Forts]]<br />
[[Category:Mumbai-related lists|Forts]]<br />
[[Category:Articles which contain graphical timelines]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of buildings and structures in Maharashtra|Forts in Mumbai]]</div>
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