Ghodbunder Fort
Ghodbunder Fort is a fort located in Ghodbunder Village, Thane, Maharashtra, India, on the hill just south of the Ulhas River. It was built by the Portuguese and then occupied by the Marathas, before being used as the East India Company's district headquarters.Photo: Himanshu Sarpotdar, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Fort
- Description: building in India
- Also known as: “Ghodbandar Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mira Road railway station.
Mira Road railway station
Railway station
Photo: Superfast1111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mira Road is a passenger railway station, located at Mira Road, a suburb in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai, India. The station is served by three bus services, namely the BEST Transport, MBMT Transport and TMT Transport buses, serving the areas of Western Suburbs, Mumbai City District, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Mira Bhayandar. Mira Road railway station is situated 4 km southwest of Ghodbunder Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mira-Bhayandar and Dahisar.
Mira-Bhayandar
Photo: Sanfy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mira-Bhayandar is a city and municipal corporation in Thane district in the state of Maharashtra, India located in the northern part of Salsette Island before the Vasai Creek, and shares a border with North Mumbai.
Dahisar
Suburb
Photo: RandhirPawar, CC0.
Dahisar is the northernmost suburb of Mumbai, India. It is the last local railway station in Mumbai while travelling towards Dahanu Road and the first one while travelling towards Churchgate. Dahisar is situated 6 km southwest of Ghodbunder Fort.
I.C. Colony
Neighborhood
I.C. Colony is a locality about 25 ha in area in the suburb of Borivali in north-west Mumbai. IC Colony has the highest concentration of Christians, particularly of Roman Catholics in Mumbai. I.C. Colony is situated 7 km southwest of Ghodbunder Fort.
Ghodbunder Fort
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Thane, Thane District, Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
19.29683° or 19° 17′ 49″ northLongitude
72.88823° or 72° 53′ 18″ eastOpen location code
7JFJ7VWQ+P7OpenStreetMap ID
way 626407354OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q2724028
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Portuguese—“Ghodbunder Fort” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة جودبندر”
- Gujarati: “ઘોડબંદર કિલ્લો, થાણા”
- Gujarati: “ઘોડબંદર કિલ્લો”
- Kannada: “ಘೋಡ್ ಬಂದರ್ ಪೋರ್ಟ್”
- Marathi: “घोडबंदर किल्ला”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Ghodbunder”
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