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Suvarnadurg

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Suvarnadurg (translation: Golden Fort, also spelt Severndroog in English, a spelling sometimes also used for Savandurga) is a fort that is located between Mumbai and Goa on a small island in the Arabian Sea, near Harnai in Konkan, along the West Coast of India, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. [1]

55 relations: Adil Shahi dynasty, Ali Adil Shah II, Anglo-Maratha Wars, Angria, Arabian Sea, Bankot, British Army, British people, Chiplun, Dapoli, Devdi, Dutch people, East India Company, England, Europe, Fortification, France, Francis Drake, French people, Goa, Government of Maharashtra, Hanuman, Harnai, Maharashtra, Holkar, India, Indian English, Indian Railways, Jamaica, Kanhoji Angre, Karwar, Karnataka, Khed, Ratnagiri, Konkan, Konkan Railway, Maharashtra, Maratha, Maratha Empire, Monsoon, Mumbai, Murud-Janjira, Peshwa, Piracy, Portugal, Portuguese people, Ratnagiri district, Satara (city), Savandurga, Shivaji, Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Spain, States and union territories of India, ..., Stepwell, Surat, Treaty of Utrecht, United Kingdom, Vasai. Expand index (5 more) »

Adil Shahi dynasty

The Adil Shahi or Adilshahi, was a Shia Muslim dynasty, founded by Yusuf Adil Shah, that ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur, centred on present-day Bijapur district, Karnataka in India, in the Western area of the Deccan region of Southern India from 1489 to 1686.

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Ali Adil Shah II

On the death of Mohammed Adil Shah on November 4, 1656, Ali Adil Shah II, a youth of eighteen, succeeded to the throne of Bijapur through the efforts of the Prime Minister Khan Muhammad and the Queen, Badi Sahiba, sister of Qutb Shah of Golkonda.

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Anglo-Maratha Wars

The Anglo–Maratha Wars were three wars fought in the Indian sub-continent betwen rajput.

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Angria

Angria or Angaria (Engern) is a historical region in the present-day German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea, also known as Sea of Oman, is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Peninsula, and on the east by India.

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Bankot

Bankot is a town in India.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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British people

The British people, or the Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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Chiplun

Chiplun is a city and a tehsil in Ratnagiri district in the state of Maharashtra, India.

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Dapoli

Dapoli (दापोली) is a town in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra.

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Devdi

Devdi is a noble mansion where the Nawabs of Hyderabad lived.

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Dutch people

The Dutch (Dutch), occasionally referred to as Netherlanders—a term that is cognate to the Dutch word for Dutch people, "Nederlanders"—are a Germanic ethnic group native to the Netherlands.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company, formed to trade with the East Indies (in present-day terms, Maritime Southeast Asia), but ended up trading mainly with Qing China and seizing control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Fortification

A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare; and is also used to solidify rule in a region during peacetime.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake (– 28 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era.

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French people

The French (Français) are a Latin European ethnic group and nation who are identified with the country of France.

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Goa

Goa is a state in India within the coastal region known as the Konkan, in Western India.

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Government of Maharashtra

The Government of Maharashtra is the government for the state of Maharashtra in Western India.

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Hanuman

Hanuman (IAST: Hanumān, Sanskrit: हनुमान्) is an ardent devotee of Lord Rama and one of the central characters in the various versions of the epic Ramayana found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

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Harnai, Maharashtra

Harnai is a village in Dapoli C.D. block, in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra state in Western India.

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Holkar

The Holkar dynasty was a Hindu Maratha royal house in India.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian English

Indian English is any of the forms of English characteristic of India.

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Indian Railways

Indian Railways (IR) is India's national railway system operated by the Ministry of Railways.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.

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Kanhoji Angre

Kanhoji Angre (August 1669 – 4 July 1729) was a chief of the Maratha Navy in 18th century India.

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Karwar, Karnataka

Karwar is a city in Karnataka being the headquarters of Uttara Kannada district in the Southern western coast of India.

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Khed, Ratnagiri

Khed is a town with a municipal council in the Ratnagiri district of the state of Maharashtra, India.

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Konkan

Konkan, also known as the Konkan Coast or Kokan, is a rugged section of the western coastline of India.

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Konkan Railway

The Konkan Railway (abbreviated KR and कोरे) is operated by Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, headquartered at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (abbr. MH) is a state in the western region of India and is India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area.

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Maratha

The Maratha (IAST:Marāṭhā; archaically transliterated as Marhatta or Mahratta) is a group of castes in India found predominantly in the state of Maharashtra.

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Maratha Empire

The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was an Indian power that dominated much of the Indian subcontinent in the 17th and 18th century.

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Monsoon

Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Murud-Janjira

Murud-Janjira is the local name for a fort situated on an island just off the coastal village of Murud, in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India.

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Peshwa

A Peshwa was the equivalent of a modern Prime Minister in the Maratha Empire.

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Piracy

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable items or properties.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.

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Portuguese people

Portuguese people are an ethnic group indigenous to Portugal that share a common Portuguese culture and speak Portuguese.

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Ratnagiri district

Ratnagiri district is one of the 36 districts of Maharashtra state in Western India.

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Satara (city)

Satara (Marathi: सातारा) is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India, near the confluence of the river Krishna and its tributary river Venna.

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Savandurga

Savandurga is a hill 60 km west of Bengaluru (Karnataka, India) off the Magadi road, in India.

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Shivaji

Shivaji Bhonsle (c. 1627/1630 – 3 April 1680) was an Indian warrior king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan.

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Sir William James, 1st Baronet

Commodore Sir William James, 1st Baronet, FRS (1721 – 16 December 1783) was a Welsh-born commander of the East India Company navy, director of the Company and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1783.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

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Stepwell

Stepwells are wells or ponds in which the water is reached by descending a set of steps.

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Surat

Surat is a city in the Indian state of Gujarat.

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Treaty of Utrecht

The Treaty of Utrecht, which established the Peace of Utrecht, is a series of individual peace treaties, rather than a single document, signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht in March and April 1713.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vasai

Vasai, historically known as Bassein or Baçaim is a historical suburban town in Palghar district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division in India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suvarnadurg

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