Arms and Armour

English Fort of Bombay

The English Fort of Bombay was a fortification situated around the present day Fort region in Mumbai, India. Contrary to popular belief, this is different from the Fort St.George, which was but a northward extension of the walls. The Fort was around 1 mile long, and around a third of a mile in width. The Bombay Castle was located near its centre, it being the oldest fortification. The walls were proposed all the way back in the latter part of 1600s by Bombay's first governor, Gerald Aungier. He proposed the erection of eight feet high walls; the matter of walls was not fully realised until 1716, when Charles Boone was the Governor.

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• ▸Castle
• ▸Earth
• ▸Antonine Wall

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