Suvarnadurg

Encyclopedia : S : SU : SUV : Suvarnadurg

Suvarnadurg (also spelt in England as Severndroog) is an island fortress near Harnai in Konkan, along the western coast of India, between Mumbai and Goa.

The fort was built by Shivaji, initially to counter the Siddi, but was also used as a defence against European interests and was a base for the Maratha navy's ship-building facility.

In the mid-18th century, the fortress became the base of the notorious pirate Tulaji Angre (also spelt Tollagee Angria; son of privateer Kanhoji Angre), but was attacked and destroyed by a force led by William James on 2 April 1755.

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.

Geography of South Asia
	Himalaya \| Western Ghats \| Eastern Ghats \| Aravalli Range \| The Nilgiris \| Vindhya Range \| Satpura Range \| Garo Hills \| Shivalik Hills \| Khasi Hills \| Annamalai Hills \| Cardamom Hills \| Sulaiman Mountains \| Karakoram \| Hindu Kush \| Chittagong Hill Tracts \| Deccan Plateau \| Thar Desert \| Makran \| Chota Nagpur \| Naga Hills \| Mysore Plateau \| Ladakh Plateau
	Indo-Gangetic plain \| Indus River Delta \| Ganga basin \| Ganges Delta \| Atolls of Maldives \| Coromandel Coast \| Konkan \| Lakshadweep \| Andaman and Nicobar Islands \| Sundarbans \| Rann of Kutch
Main	India \| Pakistan \| Nepal \| Bhutan \| Sri Lanka \| Bangladesh \| The Maldives