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Ghodbunder Fort is a fort located in Ghodbunder Village, Thane, Maharashtra, India, on the hill just south of the Ulhas River. It was built by the Portuguese and then occupied by the Maratha Empire, before being used as the East India Company 's district headquarters. The place was called Ghodbunder because it was where the Portuguese used to ...
Thane city is entirely within Thane taluka, one of the seven talukas of Thane district; also, it is the headquarters of the namesake district. With a population of 1,841,488 distributed over a land area of about 147 square kilometres (57 sq mi), Thane city is the 15th most populous city in India with a population of 1,890,000 according to the ...
Thegn. Ivory seal of Godwin, an unknown thegn – first half of eleventh century, British Museum. In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn ( pronounced / θeɪn /; Old English: þeġn) or thane [1] (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties. Thanes ranked at the third level in lay ...
Malanggad was built by the King Naladev of the Maurya Dynasty in the seventh century. [ 1] The fort was initially captured by the Marathas in the 17th century and was later conquered over by the British. Nearby Kalyan East 15 km, the reinforcements arrived in early October as Colonel Hartley and Captain Jameson and their troops advanced on ...
Fort Vasai ( Vasai killa in Marathi, Fortaleza de São Sebastião de Baçaim in Portuguese, Fort Bassein in English) is a ruined fort of the town of Vasai (Bassein), Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India. The structure was formally christened as the Fort of St Sebastian in the Indo-Portuguese era. The fort is a monument of national importance and ...
Harishchandragad. / 19.388239°N 73.77594°E / 19.388239; 73.77594. Harishchandra Fort is a hill fort in the Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar) district of India. Its history is linked with that of Malshej Ghat, Kothale village and it has played a role in guarding and controlling the surrounding region.
Battle of Saragarhi. / 33.55417°N 70.88750°E / 33.55417; 70.88750. The Battle of Saragarhi was a last-stand battle fought before the Tirah Campaign between the British Indian Empire and Afghan tribesmen. [ 8] On 12 September 1897, an estimated 12,000 – 24,000 Orakzai and Afridi tribesmen were seen near Gogra, at Samana Suk, and ...
Siddhagad. / 19.158944°N 73.524306°E / 19.158944; 73.524306. Siddhagad ( transl. Valour Fort) is a small fort located in Thane District, in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the place where Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter Veer Bhai Kotwal was assassinated by the British officials.