Worli Fort

Worli Fort
वरळी किल्ला
Worli, Mumbai, India
Worli Fort
Worli Fort
Coordinates	19°01′26″N 72°49′00″E / 19.0238°N 72.8166°E / 19.0238; 72.8166
Site information
Owner	Government of India
Controlled by	British Raj (1675-1947)
Open to the public	Yes
Site history
Built	1675 (1675)

Old map of the region (post 1805).

The Worli Fort is a fort built by the British in Worli, Mumbai, India.^[1] The fort, often mistakenly referred to as being built by the Portuguese, was actually built by the British around 1675. The fort, built on the Worli hill, overlooked the Mahim Bay at a time the city was made up of just seven islands. It was used as a lookout for enemy ships and pirates.

References

↑ Murray, John (1859). A handbook for India. Part ii. Bombay. Original from Oxford University. p. 272.

External links

Worli Fort Satellite image in Google Maps
Worli Fort on YouTube
Worli Koliwada and Worli Fort on Minor Sights.

Tourist attractions in Mumbai (list)

Pre-colonial	Elephanta Caves Kanheri Caves Worli Fort Mahim Fort

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Boulevards	Marine Drive Fashion Street Linking Road Nepean Sea Road Breach Candy Bandstand Promenade Worli Seaface Bandra-Worli Sea Link Carter Road Promenade

Districts	Western Suburbs Nariman Point Malabar Hill Kala Ghoda Colaba Bandra Kurla Complex

Shopping	Chor Bazaar Fashion Street Colaba Causeway Lamington Road Linking Road

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Museums	INS Vikrant Prince of Wales Museum Mani Bhavan National Gallery of Modern Art

Forts	Bassein Fort Belapur Fort Bombay Castle Castella de Aguada Dongri Fort Fort George Madh Fort Mahim Fort Mazagon Fort Riwa Fort Sewri Fort Sion Hillock Fort Worli Fort

Restaurants & Bars	Café Mondegar Leopold Cafe

Forts around Mumbai

Bassein Fort Belapur Fort Bombay Castle Castella de Aguada Dongri Fort Fort George Madh Fort Mahim Fort Mazagon Fort Riwa Fort Sewri Fort Sion Hillock Fort Worli Fort

Forts in India

Vijayanagara	Gingee Fort Bangalore Fort Udayagiri Fort Vellore Fort

Deccan sultanates	Ahmednagar Fort Gawilghur Narnala Panhala Fort

Gujarat Sultanate	Mahim Fort Bhadra Fort Surat Castle

Delhi Sultanate	Aligarh Fort Bandhavgarh Fort Hathras Fort Qila Mubarak Siri Fort Tughlaqabad Salimgarh Fort Daulatabad

Nayak Dynasty	Chitradurga Fort Bekal Fort Dindigul Fort Gingee Fort Tiruchirapalli Rock Fort Chandragiri Fort Hosdurg Fort

Malwa Sultanate	Mandsaur Fort Mandavgadh

Faruqi dynasty	Asirgarh Laling Thalner

Rabari	Achalgarh Amber Fort Bhangarh Fort Chittorgarh Fort Jaigarh Fort Jaisalmer Fort Jalore Fort Junagarh Fort Kankwadi Kumbhalgarh Nahargarh Fort Qila Rai Pithora Taragarh Fort Lal Kot Gwalior Fort Kalinjar Hinglajgarh Mehrangarh Fort Narwar Fort Senapati fortress Sabalgarh Fort Bahu Fort Kangra Fort Ranthambore Fort Derawar fort Umarkot Fort

Maratha Empire	Dongri Fort Harishchandragad Kolaba Fort Lohagad Sudhagad Sinhagad Tikona Panhala Fort Pratapgad Vishalgad Rajgad Sindhudurg Vijaydurg Shivneri Raigad Gajendragarh Gingee Fort Shaniwar Wada Jhansi Fort Hinglajgarh Manora Visapur Fort Sadashivgad

Mughal Empire	Purana Qila Chanderi Fort Agra Fort Allahabad Fort Fatehpur Sikri Red Fort Akola Fort Hari Parbat Ramnagar Fort

Jat	Gohad Fort Lohagarh Fort Nahar Singh Mahal

Mysore Kingdom	Devanahalli Fort Palakkad Fort Bekal Fort Sankagiri Fort

Siddi	Murud-Janjira Belapur Fort Underi

Travancore	Vattakottai Fort Udayagiri Fort East Fort

Portuguese	Bassein Fort Bombay Castle Fort Arnala Castella de Aguada Fort Emmanuel Korlai Fort Madh Fort St Thomas Fort St. Angelo Fort Pallipuram Fort Fort Aguada Fort Anjediva Cranganore Fort Ghodbunder fort Diu Fort Terekhol Fort

British Raj	Anchuthengu Fort Fort St. George Fort William Bombay Fort Riwa Fort Worli Fort Mazagon Fort Sion Hillock Fort Sewri Fort Mahim Fort Tellicherry Fort Fort St. David

Sur Empire	Chunar Fort Rohtasgarh Munger Fort

Ahom Dynasty	Talatal Ghar Kareng Ghar Rang Ghar Garchuk Lachit Garh

Kakatiya Dynasty	Golkonda Warangal Fort

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Worli Fort

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