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Belapur
Fort
is
located
in
Mumbai
Belapur
Fort
Location
within
Mumbai
General
information
Type Fort
Location Belapur,
Navi
Mumbai
Coordinates 19.005524°N
73.028403°E
Elevation 27
m
(89
ft)
Construction
started 1560
Completed 1570
Destroyed 1817
Owner CIDCO
Design
and
construction
Architect Shazada
Wal
jah
bahad
History
Built
in
1560–1570
by
the
Siddis,[1]
after
they
wrested
control
of
the
area
from
the
Portuguese,
it
is
located
atop
a
hillock,
near
the
mouth
of
the
Panvel
Creek.
In
1682,
the
fort
was
recaptured
by
the
Portuguese,
who
had
managed
to
annex
the
regions
controlled
by
the
Siddis,
near
Belapur
(at
that
time
known
as
Shabaz).
In
1733,
the
Marathas,
led
by
Chimaji
Appa,
wrested
control
of
the
fort
from
the
Portuguese.
He
had
made
a
vow
that
if
it
were
to
be
successfully
recaptured
from
the
Portuguese,
he
would
place
a
garland
of
beli
leaves
in
a
nearby
Amruthaishwar
temple,
and
after
the
victory
the
fort
was
christened
as
Belapur
Fort.
The
Marathas
ruled
the
area
until
23
June
1817,
when
it
was
captured
by
Captain
Charles
Gray
of
the
British
East
India
Company.
The
British
partially
destroyed
the
fort
under
their
policy
of
razing
any
Maratha
stronghold
in
the
area.[2]
During
its
active
days,
the
fort
stationed
four
companies
each
of
180
men,
and
14
guns
ranging
from
4–12
pounds
(2–5
kg)
in
weight.
An
underground
tunnel
is
also
supposed
to
exist,
which
many
locals
believe
connects
it
to
Gharapuri
Island,
the
site
of
the
Elephanta
Caves.
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