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Yeshwantgad
Yeshwantgad
यशवंतगड
Part of Maharashtra
Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, India
	Yeshwantgad
Coordinates	16°37′47″N 73°21′26″E / 16.629700°N 73.357252°E
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Owner	Government of India

Yeshwantgad also spelt as Yashwantgad is an island fortification off the coast of Maharashtra in Ratnagiri district.^[1] It is built on the Rajapur creek with the sea on one side. On three sides it was protected by a ditch which can no longer be seen. On the fourth side there was a wall with 17 bastions. Now the walls are in a ruined condition. Its gate was on the eastern side. A ship (HMS Outram sank here on 1 January 1817 after which a lighthouse at nearby Jaitapur was built. Other than this no notable historical events took place here.^[2]

References edit

^ "Friends of Forts". Retrieved 1 February 2009.
^ Naravane, M.S. (1998). The maritime and coastal forts of India (Illustrated ed.). APH Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 81-7024-910-4. Retrieved 19 March 2009.

[fof-1] "Friends of Forts". Retrieved 1 February 2009.

[coastal-2] Naravane, M.S. (1998). The maritime and coastal forts of India (Illustrated ed.). APH Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 81-7024-910-4. Retrieved 19 March 2009.

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Yeshwantgad
यशवंतगड
Part of Maharashtra
Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, India
Yeshwantgad
Coordinates	16°37′47″N 73°21′26″E / 16.629700°N 73.357252°E / 16.629700; 73.357252
Site information
Owner	Government of India

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