Riwa Fort
The Riwa Fort, locally known as Kala Qilla or Black Fort, is a fort in central Mumbai, India on the banks of the Mithi River. The fort is currently in a dilapidated condition amidst the Dharavi slums.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: सावंत योगेश ९७, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fort in Mumbai, India
- Also known as: “Dharavi Fort”, “Kala Killa”, “Kala Qila”, and “Kala Qilla”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sion railway station and Sion Fort.
Sion railway station
Railway station
Photo: Trinidade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sion is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, located in the Mumbai neighborhood of Sion. Its location near the Mithi River means that the railway between Sion and Kurla, directly to the north, has flooded frequently during the Indian monsoon. Sion railway station is situated 600 metres southeast of Riwa Fort.
Sion Fort
Photo: Udaykumar PR, CC BY 3.0.
The Sion Hillock Fort is a fort in Mumbai, India. It was built under the regime of the English East India Company, between 1669 and 1677, atop a conical hillock when Gerard Aungier was the Governor of Bombay. Sion Fort is situated 1 km southeast of Riwa Fort.
Chunabhatti railway station
Railway station
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Chunabhatti is a railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. Chunabhatti railway station is situated 1 km east of Riwa Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dharavi and Mahim.
Dharavi
Locality
Dharavi is a residential area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It has often been considered one of the world's largest slums. Dharavi has an area of just over 2.39 square kilometres and a population of about 1,000,000.
Mahim
Suburb
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Mahim is a neighbourhood in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The Mahim Junction railway station on the Western Railway and Harbour Railway of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network is the last station of the city, as neighboring Bandra is part of Mumbai Suburb.
North Central
North Central Mumbai consists of Dadar, Dharavi, Matunga, Wadala, Sion and Mahim. It is a solidly middle-class district, which developed due to immigration after independence.
Riwa Fort
- Categories: fort, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Mumbai, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
19.05099° or 19° 3′ 4″ northLongitude
72.86017° or 72° 51′ 37″ eastOpen location code
7JFJ3V26+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 537762970OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q7338999
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Tamil—“Riwa Fort” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة ريوه”
- Gujarati: “રીવા કિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “रिवा दुर्ग”
- Malayalam: “രിവാ കോട്ട”
- Marathi: “काळा किल्ला”
- Tamil: “இரிவா கோட்டை”
- Tamil: “காலா கில்லா, கருப்புக் கோட்டை”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dharavi Depot and Maharashtra Nature Park.
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