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Murud-Janjira Fort is situated on an oval-shaped rock off the Arabian Sea coast near the port town of Murud, 165km south of Mumbai.

Janjira is considered one of the strongest marine forts in India. It was originally constructed in the 12th century by Siddis, businessmen turned rulers from Abyssinia, near Africa.

While that puts the age of the fort as 950 years old, most records say that the fort in its current form was built over 350 years back by Siddi Johar.

The fort is approached by sailboats from Rajapuri jetty.

The main gate of the fort faces Rajapuri on the shore and can be seen only when one is quite close to it.

It has a small postern gate towards the open sea for escape.

This is the only fort in 700+ km coastline of Maharashtra which remained unconquored.

With a height of over 90ft above sea and 20 ft strong foundation, it took 22 years to build the fort.

Attacked by the Portuguese, the British, Shivaji, Knhoji Angre and Sambhaji, the fort remained unconquored.

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