Riwa Fort

The fort is currently in a dilapidated condition amidst the Dharavi slums.Dharavi was initially a large piece of marshy land that was located strategically, dividing the lands ruled by the British and the Portuguese.John Horne, the then Governor of Bombay, had commissioned the construction of this fort to protect Bombay from the aggressive sea-faring Maratha leader Kanhoji Angre.The fort comes under the jurisdiction of the Maharashtra Directorate of Archaeology and Museums.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This military base or fortification article is a stub.
Old map of the region (post 1805). Riwa Fort is shown to the north.
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