Sion Fort

The Sion Hillock Fort is a fort in , . 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.
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  • Opening hours: 4:00 AM—8:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: fort in Mumbai (Bombay), India
  • Also known as: “Sion Hillock Fort” and “Whole hill fort of Sion together with all ancient Portuguese remains of buildings situated to the north, east and south-east sides of the hill”
  • Address: Road No 1, 400022

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sion railway station and Chunabhatti railway station.

Railway station
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Sion is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, located in the neighborhood of . Its location near the Mithi River means that the railway between and , directly to the north, has flooded frequently during the Indian monsoon. is situated 450 metres west of Sion Fort.

Railway station
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Chunabhatti is a railway station on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. is situated 590 metres north of Sion Fort.

Photo: सावंत योगेश ९७, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , locally known as Kala Qilla or Black Fort, is a fort in central , on the banks of the Mithi River. The fort is currently in a dilapidated condition amidst the slums. is situated 1 km northwest of Sion Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dharavi and North Central.

Locality
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is a residential area in , Maharashtra, India. It has often been considered one of the world's largest slums. It has an area of just over 2.39 square kilometres and a population of about 1,000,000.

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Mumbai is a solidly middle-class district at the northern edge of Old . Once an industrial heartland, Mumbai is now a white-collar office location of the city.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in . Road is a station on the Harbour Line of railway network.

Sion Fort

Latitude
19.04661° or 19° 2′ 48″ north
Longitude
72.8676° or 72° 52′ 3″ east
Open location code
7JFJ2VW9+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 431512593
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Wiki­data ID
Q7525357
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Marathi—“Sion Fort” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيون هيلوك فورت”
  • Gujarati: “સાયન પહાડી કિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “सायन हिल्लक फोर्ट”
  • Malayalam: “സിയോൻ ഹിലോക്ക് ഫോർട്ട്‌”
  • Marathi: “शीव टेकडी किल्ला”
  • Marathi: “शीवचा किल्ला”

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