Castles in UK

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I had the opportunity to visit some of the castles in UK and would like to record my impressions for the benefit of those who have not got the exposure.

The castles are wonderfully maintained. Even such historical parts, which are little more than a heap of rubble, are superbly preserved. The more modern parts are well laid out with properly maintained gardens and excellent house keeping. There are places of rest, where those feeling tired of walking around can take some time off.

 
The show is on at Windsor Castle

Who does all that? You expect the Archaeological department or some such government department to do it. Well no, it is mostly private effort and the money is raised through admission fees, sponsorships and donations. They charge heavily and still people crowd in. Everybody is so proud of heritage and history.

Almost every place has a wonderful glossy brochure, detailing its history and specialities. People readily pay for them and take them home. Most places also have an audiovisual show. The one at Urquhart Castle in Scotland left me stunned. I just cannot wipe it from my mind. It was blown off and the ruins stand on the shores of Loch Ness. Given an opportunity, I would like to go back and view it again. There usually is a souvenir shop. Tourists like to pick up mementoes. Many have special guided tours. Warwick Castle, now run by Madame Tussauds, has an array of wax models recreating life of the period.

 
Urquhart Castle

The son et lumiere show in Delhi’s Red Fort is certainly charming. I have sat through both the Hindi and English versions many times, but then it was created by the best talents in the country in the euphoria of the years after independence. We do not have many such shows. Maybe, we should think about more. I am sure that the idea will catch on and people would be willing to pay for good informative entertainment.

We have plenty of wealth and treasures strewn all over the country. It is time to organise them properly.

The quality of information on these pages here can improve substantially, only if we are conscious about it all. And what about photographs? Who does not have a camera now-a-days?

I have a small advice for those who wish to write about forts. Please go through some of the pages about the castles of UK – Windsor Castle, Dover Castle, Warwick Castle, Edinburgh Castle… -- P.K.Niyogi 13:32, 31 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

list class?

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This article has been assigned a list class. IMO, this should be a summary article with short paragraphs on the historically important forts in India, not the table format it is in currently. Moreover in the table format it will overlap with List of forts in India. I would like to rewrite Forts in India along the summary article lines and request opinions on the same. --Belasd (talk) 00:32, 27 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Something like this, perhaps.--Belasd (talk) 00:39, 27 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Great Idea. It needs to be a proper fort article. Will help out! AshLin (talk) 01:57, 27 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Ok. Glad for the company! --Belasd (talk) 19:41, 27 March 2009 (UTC)Reply


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Forts in India have been listed below and in the template with links to their respective pages. Only such forts which have a separate entry or where almost the entire location is related to the fort is included here. Cities or towns with forts as one of the many attractions are not included. For example, there is an entry about Fort William and it is included here but Kolkata is not included here.

Fort State in which located Built Remarks
Achalgarh Rajasthan 1452 11 km north of Mount Abu
Agra Fort Uttar Pradesh before 16th century A World Heritage Site
Allahabad Fort Uttar Pradesh 1583
Amber Fort Rajasthan 1592 11 km from Jaipur
Asirgarh Madhya Pradesh Around 10th century 20 km north of the town of Burhanpur
Attur Fort Tamil Nadu 17th century Located in Attur, Salem
Bandhavgarh Fort Madhya Pradesh before 3rd century BC At the centre of Bandhavgarh National Park
Barabati Fort Orissa 14th century Located in Cuttack
Bassein Fort Maharashtra 1534 Located near Vasai just north of Mumbai
Bathinda Fort Punjab 1st century Located in Bathinda, Punjab
Bekal Fort Kerala 17th century Faces the Arabian Sea
Belapur Fort Maharashtra 1560-1570 Located in Navi Mumbai
Bombay Castle Maharashtra 16th century
Castella de Aguada Maharashtra 1640
Chandragiri Andhra Pradesh 11th century It is near Tirupati
Chandragiri Fort Kerala 17th century
Chittorgarh Fort Rajasthan
Chunar Fort Uttar Pradesh 12th century Located in Mirzapur District.
Daulatabad Maharashtra 1187 Earlier known as Devagiri
Delhi Fort Delhi 17th century Also known as Lal Qila or Red Fort
Dindigul Fort Tamil Nadu 1605 Located in Dindigul
Dongri Fort Maharashtra Also known as Dongri Hill Fort
Fatehpur Sikri Fort Uttar Pradesh 1570 A World Heritage Site, 45 Kilometers from Agra.
Fort Arnala Maharashtra 16th century Island fort 12 km north of Vasai
Fort Madhogarh Rajasthan 16th century Located near Jaipur
Fort St David Tamil Nadu 1640 Located in Cuddalore
Fort St George Tamil Nadu 1644 Located in Chennai
Fort William West Bengal 1780 Located in Kolkata
Gingee Fort Tamil Nadu 9th century Also known as senji or Chinji or Jinji
Gohad Fort Madhya Pradesh 16th century
Golkonda Andhra Pradesh 1143 Located near Hyderabad
Gwalior Fort Madhya Pradesh 11th century?
Harishchandragad Maharashtra 6th century It is located in Ahmadnagar region
Ratangad Maharashtra 8th century It is located in RatanWadi, Taluka - Akole,Ahmadnagar region
Hosdurg Fort Kerala
Jaigarh Fort Rajasthan 16th century? Located near Jaipur
Jaisalmer Fort Rajasthan 11th century
Jalore Fort Rajasthan 8th-10th century
Jhansi Fort Uttar Pradesh early 17th century Located in Jhansi
Junagarh Fort Rajasthan 1588 Located in Bikaner
Kalinjar Uttar Pradesh 3rd-5th century Located in Banda district
Kankwadi Rajasthan Located in Alwar district
Kolaba Fort Maharashtra 1680 2 km from Alibag
Kumbhalgarh Rajasthan Located in Rajsamand district
Lal Kot Delhi 8th century
Lohagad Maharashtra 52 km from Pune
Lohagarh Fort Rajasthan Located at Bharatpur
Madh Fort Maharashtra Also known as Versova Fort
Mahim Fort Maharashtra 17th century
Mandu Madhya Pradesh 8th-12th century 100 km from Indore
Mazagon Fort Maharashtra 1698
Mehrangarh Fort Rajasthan 15th century Located in Jodhpur
Murud-Janjira Maharashtra before 16th century Island fort in Raigad district
Nahar Singh Mahal Haryana 1739 Located at Ballabhgarh
Nahargarh Fort Rajasthan 1734 Located near Jaipur
Old Fort, Delhi Delhi 16th century Also known as Purana Qila
Padmadurg Maharashtra Sea fort
Palakkad Fort Kerala 1766
Pallipuram Fort Kerala 1503 Located in Ernakulam district
Panhala fort Maharashtra 12th century 18 km northwest of Kolhapur
Povval Fort Kerala 10 km from Kasargod town
Pratapgad Maharashtra 1656 25 km from Mahabaleswar
Qila Rai Pithora Delhi
Ramnagar Fort Uttar Pradesh ? Located in Varanasi.
Raigad Maharashtra 17th century Earlier called Rairi Fort
Riwa Fort Maharashtra Locally known as Kala Qilla
Sewri Fort Maharashtra 1680
Shivneri Fort Maharashtra 105 km from Pune
Sindhudurg Maharashtra 1664 Occupies an islet in the Arabian Sea
Sinhgad Maharashtra before 14th century Located near Pune
Sion Hillock Fort Maharashtra 17th century
St. Angelo Fort Kerala 1505 Also known as Kannur Kotta or Kannur Fort
Sudhagad Maharashtra
Taragarh Fort Rajasthan 1534
Thalassery Fort Kerala 1708 Earlier known as Tellicherry
Tikona Maharshtra before 1585 Also known as Vitangad
Tughlaqabad Delhi Ruined fort abandoned in 1327
Udayagiri Fort Tamil Nadu 17th century Located near Nagercoil
Vattakottai Fort Tamil Nadu 18th century Located in Kanyakumari
Vellore Fort Tamil Nadu 1566 Located in Vellore
Bhongir Fort Andhra Pradesh 12th century Located in Bhongir
Orugallu Fort Andhra Pradesh 12th century Located in Warangal
Kondapalli Fort Andhra Pradesh 14th century Located in Vijayawada
Gooty Fort Andhra Pradesh 12th century Located at Gooty 52 km from Anantapur
Penukonda Fort Andhra Pradesh 1575 Located at Penukonda 70 km from Anantapur
Kurnool Fort Andhra Pradesh 16th century Located in Kurnool
Domakonda Fort Andhra Pradesh 18th century Located at 150 km from Hyderbad and 50 km from Nizamabad
Worli Fort Maharashtra 1675

Change of emphasis

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Since this is not a generic article on forts, the technical terms should be discussed relative to Indian forts. I do understand that you are doing so, but the text should be written more explicitly. AshLin (talk) 02:26, 28 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

That is a good suggestion. Will keep it in mind. --Belasd (talk) 20:27, 30 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Sources

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Would this be considered RS? It does cite references and seems to be some kind of online journal. http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/TSA/Special%20Issue%20on%20Defense/Ray.htm --Belasd (talk) 20:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Looks Okay. She has proovided eferences, it doesn't seem generic;there are no ads. Go ahead. AshLin (talk) 01:39, 31 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Ethiopian forts in India ?

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Page 9 of this has an intresting mention:

But I dont see any mention of Ethiopian forts in the Article, is it worth mentioning? Exit2DOS2000TC 06:34, 20 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

The Abyssinians or 'Siddis' did rule some part of coastal India. However a fort In India is an Indian fort in the general usage in the meaning of the term. But the fact in isolation doesn't seem to merit mention in a generic article about forts in India.

Mumbai and Bangalore

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There are 3 [or more] forts in Mumbai, Worli, Mahim, Vasai, [and someone mentioned Bandra], I have seen only the 1st 3 when I lived there.

There are plenty of forts in and around Bangalore, including the one built by Kempegowda on KR Rd Bangalore Fort, one at Devanahalli, one of Tipu and what not. Any plans to add these?

Regards, --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 06:28, 21 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

You mean add it to the template or to the article? - --Belasd (talk) 00:19, 23 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

UNESCO World Heritage sites

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I added to the see also section a link to Hill Forts of Rajasthan the article starts "The Hill Forts of Rajasthan in northern India are a UNESCO World Heritage Site." This seems to contradict the claim in the lead of this article "Two forts in India are UNESCO World Heritage sites: the Agra Fort and the Red Fort." as it implies that there are only two. If it is not meant to make that claim then I suggest it is rewritten as "The Agra Fort and the Red Fort are UNESCO World Heritage sites." -- PBS (talk) 15:12, 21 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

Plates of Indian forts c. 1800–1830

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There are list of plates in

  • Welsh, James (1830). Military Reminiscences: Extracted from a Journal of Nearly Forty Years' Active Service in the East Indies. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1830. See pages [ xiii–xiv

that would be worth adding to a {{commons category}} if nothing else. -- PBS (talk) 15:18, 21 December 2014 (UTC)Reply