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Belapur Fort is a fort near the township of Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The fort was built by the Siddhis of Janjira. It was later conquered by the Portuguese, and then Marathas. In the early 19th century, the fort was captured by the British. After the British gained supremacy in the region, with the expansion of the Bombay Presidency, the strategic importance of the fort declined, and it fell into disuse.
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Belapur Fort ranks #3,345 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #129 of the 223 mapped in India. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,043 times in the last 60 days, more than 52% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Mumbai, 18 km away. See how India compares in the castle statistics.
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