Raigad Fort

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hill fort historical fort tourist attraction

Raigad Fort is a historic hill fortress in Maharashtra, India, renowned as the mountain stronghold and coronation site of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Raigad 3
Maratha court of Raigad 1
Raigad (under Shivaji) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hill fort ⓘ
historical fort ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessedBy Raigad Ropeway ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rairi ⓘ
associatedWith Shivaji ⓘ
surface form: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Maratha Empire ⓘ
builtBy Hiroji Indulkar ⓘ
capitalOf Maratha Empire ⓘ
capturedBy Shivaji ⓘ
surface form: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
coronationSiteOf Shivaji ⓘ
surface form: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
country India ⓘ
developedBy Shivaji ⓘ
surface form: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
district Raigad district ⓘ
elevation about 2700 feet above sea level ⓘ
about 820 metres above sea level ⓘ
governedBy Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
hasFeature ropeway access ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
stone steps ⓘ
hasMemorial Samadhi of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ⓘ
hasStructure Hirkani Buruj ⓘ
Jagadishwar Temple ⓘ
Maha Darwaja ⓘ
Queen’s quarters ⓘ
Raj Bhavan ⓘ
Takmak Tok ⓘ
market area ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
locatedIn India ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Raigad district ⓘ
mountainRange Sahyadri ⓘ
surface form: Sahyadri range
nearestTown Mahad ⓘ
period 17th century ⓘ
servedAsCapitalFrom 1674 ⓘ
servedAsCapitalUntil 1680 ⓘ
significance coronation place of the first Maratha Chhatrapati ⓘ
symbol of Maratha sovereignty ⓘ
state Maharashtra ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism ⓘ
usedFor administrative centre ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
viewOverlooks Konkan ⓘ
surface form: Konkan region

surrounding Sahyadri hills ⓘ
yearOfCoronation 1674 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Maratha → associatedFort → Raigad Fort ⓘ
Muhammad Akbar → associatedWith → Raigad Fort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maratha court of Raigad
Rajaram I → birthPlace → Raigad Fort ⓘ
Shivaji → built → Raigad Fort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raigad Fort (as capital)
Maratha Empire → capital → Raigad Fort ⓘ
Shivaji → capital → Raigad Fort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raigad
Maratha → capitalOfPolity → Raigad Fort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raigad
Shivaji → coronationPlace → Raigad Fort ⓘ
Shivaji → deathPlace → Raigad Fort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raigad throne platform
this entity surface form: Raigad
Fall of Raigad Fort → place → Raigad Fort ⓘ
Sambhaji → residence → Raigad Fort ⓘ
Bhonsle → traditionalCapital → Raigad Fort ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raigad (under Shivaji)