Belapur Fort

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 #1,990 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #97 of the 101 mapped in India. See how India compares in the castle statistics.

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