Writing after too long a time, had nearly forgotten that my own blog exists, when one of my frnds asked me to rate his...
Life has been pretty smothely for last few months...Lots of masti in college, no real work load.



Had been to Kashir beach and Janjira fort. Man what a place it is. Had heard a lot about Janjira in history books, unconquered. . . unconquerable and now I know why. . . The fort is sorrounded by two hills, is half a kilometre into the sea, has it's own supply of fresh water and one underground tunnel that goes 80 feet deep and connects it to the mainland. . .








No wonder it stood unconquered for 900 years. Stone has eroded with time due to the force of the ocean waves but the joints are still intact. . . Such a high quality of engineering that too 900 years back. This fort was built by an African trader as safe heaven for his trading. Many attacks and invasions were carried on the fort but nobody absolutely nobody could step on the fort. . .




Notably this fort is very near to the areas of operation of the graeat Maratha Emperor Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, but he too couldn't capture it, although the battles of his succesors are famous in history...

But, like most forts in India, this too has lost its glory thanks to the apathy of government in maintaining. . . All the houses inside the fort have broken down and place of such a historic importance is lost in the pages of history. . .







Well we salute the fort, the great trader who thought much ahead of his times realised the importance of trade and had such a marvellous fort built in a distant land, the spirit of the descendents, who's ancestors knew nothing but to guard the fort: had to suddenly find a living on the mainland and they survived by being the guides n naviks around. . . and lastly our great Indian Democratic Government who has been so instrumental in giving monuments the looks n feel n the stinch that they are getting today. . .