Gingee Fort

Gingee Fort, gingee town pondicherry 605101 Phone: 91-413-2339497

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A visit to Pondicherry, ideally, should involve a visit to the Gingee fort . The fort is so fortified, that  Shivaji , the Maratha king, ranked it as the "most impregnable  fortress  in India" and it was called the " Troy  of the East" by the  British . Gingee Fort was modified by  Kurumbar  during the 13th century. As per one account, the fort was built duirng the 15-16th century by the  Nayaks , the lietunants of the  Vijayanagara Empire and who later became independent kings. The fort passed to the  Marathas  under the leadership of  Shivaji  in 1677 AD,  Bijapur sultans , the Moghuls ,  Carnatic Nawabs ,  French  and the  British  in 1761. The fort is closely associated with Raja Tej Singh, who unsuccessfully revolted against the  Nawab of Arcot  and eventually lost his life in a battle.

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