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Just 5 kilometers from Machilipatnam, The Bandar Kota, known as the Dutch Fort Built by the Dutch East India Company in early 1600 A.D, in Machilipatnam, Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh.
The grand entrance of the fort, store houses, armoury, jail and the historical memorial built in memory of 30,000 lives lost during the 1864 cyclone are in a state of dilapidation.
Bandar Fort, which was once the east coastal gateway of trade for the Dutch, French, British and the Nizam rulers.
The Dutch who made an early entry into Machilipatnam, compared to the British, required protection for their operations and the material waiting for export from the Bandar Port.
They built 12 outer walls around the godown constructed by the Golconda Sultans over hillock surrounded by water.
In later years the Dutch also built an armoury and a cemetery. The Dutch built a strong walled store house to store gun powder very next to the Bandar Fort.
Cyclone Memorial : Cylcone victims memorial constructed during British rule at Gilakaladindi near Machilipatnam.
30,000 people were swept away by the giant ocean wave over Machilipatnam town on the night of the cyclone of November 1, 1864. Following the great tragedy, Manuel Fruvall had constructed the memorial in the memory of his brother’s family and 30,000 people who died in the cyclone.
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