Bombay Castle

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colonial-era fort fortified complex historic site

Bombay Castle is a historic fortified complex in Mumbai that served as the core stronghold and early seat of British colonial administration in western India.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Bombay Castle canonical	1
Bombay Castle (historical seat of government)	1
British East India Company forts	1
Castle of Bombay	1
Church Gate of the Fort of Bombay	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial-era fort ⓘ fortified complex ⓘ historic site ⓘ
access	restricted ⓘ
administrativeUse	seat of British colonial administration in western India ⓘ
associatedWith	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj colonial urban development of Bombay ⓘ
belongsTo	Government of India ⓘ
builtBy	British East India Company ⓘ
category	British forts in India ⓘ Colonial architecture in Mumbai ⓘ Forts in Mumbai ⓘ
city	Mumbai ⓘ
constructionMaterial	stone ⓘ
controlledBy	British East India Company ⓘ British colonial administration ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
currentUse	Indian Navy establishment ⓘ
era	British colonial period ⓘ
formerNameOfCity	Mumbai ⓘ surface form: Bombay
function	administrative center ⓘ military stronghold ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Bombay Castle ⓘ surface form: Castle of Bombay The Castle ⓘ
hasFeature	administrative buildings ⓘ bastions ⓘ fortified walls ⓘ gates ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected monument ⓘ
historicalCoreOf	Fort area business district of Mumbai ⓘ
historicalRole	administrative headquarters of Bombay Presidency ⓘ nucleus of the fortified town of Bombay ⓘ
locatedIn	India ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ Mumbai ⓘ
locatedInFormerlyNamed	Mumbai ⓘ surface form: Bombay
locatedNear	Mumbai Harbour ⓘ
locatedOn	west coast of India ⓘ
maintainedBy	Indian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Indian Navy
near	Mumbai Port Trust ⓘ surface form: Mumbai Port
partOf	Bombay Presidency ⓘ surface form: Bombay Presidency (historical administrative region) Fort area of Mumbai ⓘ
regionServed	western India ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of maritime trade routes on the west coast of India ⓘ defense of Bombay harbour ⓘ
surroundedBy	modern commercial district of South Mumbai ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century origin ⓘ
usedFor	residence and offices of British governors in early colonial period ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bombay Presidency → administrativeCenter → Bombay Castle ⓘ

Bombay Castle → hasAlternativeName → Bombay Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Castle of Bombay

The Castle → category → Bombay Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: British East India Company forts

Governor’s Council of Bombay Presidency → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Bombay Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bombay Castle (historical seat of government)

Churchgate → namedAfter → Bombay Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church Gate of the Fort of Bombay