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