FORT OF MAHIM, MUMBAI In 1516, Portuguese commander Dom Joao de Monoy entered the Mahim Creek and defeated the commander of Mahim fort. The fort was the site of frequent skirmishes between the Portuguese and the Ali Shah, a Gujarati ruler, before the island of Mahim was appropriated from Bahadur Shah of Gujarat by the Portuguese in 1534. In 1661, the Portuguese ceded the island of Mahim as dowry to Charles II of England. After the English gained control of the fort, it was strengthened by Sir Thomas Grantham in 1884, and became a strategic watchtower against possible Portuguese attacks, and later from the Marathas. |
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION The Mahim Fort (Marathi: माहीम किल्ला) is a fort in Mahim in Mumbai, Maharashtra state, India.[2] Strategically located in the Mahim Bay, the fort overlooks Worli to the south, Bandra to the north, and Mahim to the east. The origins of the fort are unclear, but it occupies a strategic location that has been frequently contested. The fort is currently in disrepair, suffering from administrative neglect, encroachment of slums, and exposure to tidal erosion. More... O Governador Lopo Vaz de Sampaio, succedeo em 3.ª via de successão (de D. Vasco da Gamma) ao Governador Henrique de Menezes, porque o que lhe succedia era em 2.ª Via, D. Pedro Mascarenhas, e este se achava Governando Malaca: Quando o refferido Mascarenhas quiz tomar conta do Governo, aquelle Governador o prendeo, e mandou para Lisboa aonde foi recebido por El-Rei (D. João 3.º) com grandes honras e particular amizade. Em seu tempo forão tomadas Redor, e Mangalor, e Ilha de Mahim. Desbaratou os malabares commandados por Alixá Capitam de Cambaia. More... Construído em meados do
século XIV, o forte de Mahim foi assaltado e saqueado pelos portugueses em
1505. Ocupado com o resto do distrito de Baçaim em 1534, adquiriu uma
importância considerável após a cedência de Bombaim aos ingleses. More... |