Also known as Gheria Fort or Fort Victor, Vijaydurg Fort is a historic stronghold near Vijaydurg Port in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district. This strategically significant fort has witnessed ...

The Maharashtra government has urged the Centre to transfer centrally protected forts under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to the State for improved conservation and heritage management.

Mumbai: Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar has urged the Centre to transfer the custodianship of centrally protected forts under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to the ...

The Maharashtra government’s Directorate of Cultural Affairs will organise events based on the literary legacy of poet Narayan Surve during his birth centenary year, beginning in October 2026.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj reshaped India’s military and political landscape through his southern campaigns, battles against ...

Maharashtra’s Cultural Affairs Minister, Advocate Ashish Shelar, has written to Union Minister of Culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, urging the transfer of Centrally protected forts under the ...

The forts include Raigad, Rajgad, Pratapgad, Panhala, Shivneri, Lohagad, Salher, Sindhudurg, Suvarnadurg, Vijaydurg, Khanderi Fort and Jinji Fort in Tamil Nadu. The delegation included Janhawij Sharma ...

The forts under consideration include Raigad, Rajgad, Pratapgad, Panhala, Shivneri, Lohagad, Salher, Sindhudurg, Suvarnadurg, Vijaydurg, Khanderi Fort in Maharashtra, and Jinji Fort in Tamil Nadu.

Vijaydurg, Khanderi Fort, and Jinji Fort in Tamil Nadu. The delegation included Janhawij Sharma, Additional Director General (Conservation and World Heritage), ASI. “These forts, once formidable ...

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is acknowledged to have been born on February 19, 1630, in the Shivneri Fort, located near Pune ... naval forts on the Konkan coast and started a navy base at Vijaydurg, ...

Shivaji surrendered the fort but fled to Vishalgad ... He also established strategic naval bases at Sindhudurg, Vijaydurg, and Khanderi, equipping Maratha sea power to counter European hegemony. The ...