India’s centuries-old ‘unconquerable’ sea fort - BBC News

[@AKB114]

Had been to this fort twice.. reaching there is itself an adventure. It was a whole city during its glory. It takes whole day to explore the fort.

[@belmont8792]

It's been nice if the BBC could have showed us the inside😮

[@astroboirap]

Epstein would have loved it

[@AKB114]

@@belmont8792 it's actually a ruined fort... You can find lots of it's videos on KZbin.

[@belmont8792]

@@AKB114 Thanks 😊

[@belmont8792]

@@AKB114 Thanks 😊

[@danielfield2570]

Man I’d love to go back to India, amazing place. Respect from U.K. 🇬🇧🇮🇳 Edit: Didnt expect this to blow up, but yes definitely to visit, haha. Kerala, where I stayed was beautiful and the food delicious. The history between our nations has been one of exploitation and dominance which was a crime though we can work together to make the next 400 years better than the last.

[@ANAYSHARMA-io9uo]

Do not come 🔙 🔙

[@AndorranStairway]

@@ANAYSHARMA-io9uoagreed. I would never want to go to India 🤢

[@vignesh1065]

Hope you have a good time here. Ignore the haters :)

[@Jin_Sakai71]

@@ANAYSHARMA-io9uoI don’t think he’s coming to exploit😂😂😂 I think he’s coming to visit

[@prawalde9531]

Dont come, we do not want your kind hear.

[@surajbiradar9827]

One important reason due to which this fort was unconquered is , Siddis often aligned themselves with a power rival to the one attacking or besieging the fort, so their allied power kept the attacking kingdom busy in fighting somewhere else and kept the siddi's and janjira fort supplied.

[@mangopudding5979]

The fort was later captured by Marathas from Siddis.

[@surajbiradar9827]

@@mangopudding5979 it wasn't captured by the marathas. The campaign you are probably referring to is the offensive conducted by peshwa bajirao against the Siddis. While the Marathas captured all coastal territories like danda, rajapuri, north konkan etc Siddis quickly capitulated and made a deal with the peshwa to be the Chhatrapati's tributary vassal in turn they could keep the Janjira fort. So they still controlled the fort.

[@mangopudding5979]

@@surajbiradar9827 Siddis were de feated by Marathas and yes it was captured by Marathas for some time After deafeting then siddis.

[@surajbiradar9827]

@@mangopudding5979 cite a reliable source or evidence supporting your claim.

[@junaidkhan-vz5br]

​@@surajbiradar9827can't he read on internet

[@varoonnone7159]

I never knew of this fort ! What a discovery They should organise a television show like Fort Boyard in France

[@pipipupu5104]

What's fort boyard about?

[@varoonnone7159]

@@pipipupu5104 A cult adventure show. It has now various international versions with each international television team shooting at Fort Boyard. Look it up

[@shasha0076]

It has been taught in Maharashtrian schools main times about the adventures of marathas on janjira

[@varoonnone7159]

@@shasha0076 Thanks for the information. That said, I only now realised that Marathas built numerous forts and contrary to the Rajasthani ones, the Maharashtrian ones are in dire state. Your state government has done a miserable job in restoring them

[@saurabh14399]

I am from Murud Janjira and I would like to say that Janjira was under the Siddi rule. Siddis worked as allies of Adilshah of Bijapur and later for the Mughals. That's true that Maratha king Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was never able to conquer the fort Janjira but his son, king Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj once besieged this fort in 1682, nearly choked the Siddis to death but had to retreat from the fight to drive back a large Mughal army from his capital, Raigad. After many years, Siddi leader was killed in battle with the army of Peshwa Bajirao in 1736. Siddis signed a peace treaty and annual tributaries to Marathas until British took over the region. Then Janjira became a princely state of Siddis in British India and paid taxes to British. Padmadurg is one of the sea forts built by Maratha kings in 1676 in Murud to challenge Janjira which was controlled by Siddis and control the other activities in Arabian sea and it is located in the northwest direction of Janjira fort at a distance of about 10 km.

[@logicalandfactualhistorian8312]

Yes, that's correct!

[@SS-ng5xx]

I was finding these real historical facts in the comment section 💯🚩

[@infinite5795]

It was constructed in the 14th century AD by Raja Rao Patil, the commander of the Kolis/ Marathi fisherman community and was later captured from them by the Siddis( Slaves bought by Bijapur/Ahmednagar/Hyderabad Sultanates, who were of East African origins).

[@PikaPluff]

@MOHAMMEDJUNED SHAIKH you aren't even Indian.

[@PikaPluff]

Exactly! Indians we need to protect our history, especially the non-islamic invader ones.

[@Nebuchadnezzar_XXIV]

@@PikaPluff Which history? Rama born to horse and Brahma married his daughter. Like that isn't it? Don't plagiarize buddist history as yours!

[@kaycey7361]

​@Al Mazid no the history of marrying 9 year old and flying horses of popat mutttttammat

[@kaycey7361]

​@Al Mazid don't plagiarise Judaism concept as your pis.lam. BTW Hinduism is older than Buddhism. Madrassachap mullac.hod

[@apex9806]

Looks an awful lot like the Attack On Titan walls, simply amazing.

[@manhwamangastory]

😂😂

[@erwinsmith5796]

Let's uncover the secrets in the basement

[@krox477]

Uncanny similarity

[@ahuman5991]

Lmao, I've seen it many times as i visited murud janjira in my relatives wedding. The fort is near rajapuri village.

[@djoys7738]

Really ingenious structure indeed. Preserve it in good health.

[@chaitanyanage4933]

The closest someone came to conquering the Fort was Shivaji Maharaj, in his one of three attacks on the Fort, with the help of Mughals! The leader decided to surrender, but his generals imprisoned him, and continued to fight, gradually separating mughals from Marathas.

[@sulfuroxymoron7103]

Built by Raja Ram Rao the patil of Janjira Island and a chief of the kolis in the 15th century for Kolis to live on peacefully away from pirates. He built the island after gaining permission from the sultan of the Ahmadnagar sultanate but later refused to obey the orders of the Sultan. When the Patil and the Kolis were intoxicated, Piram Khan attacked them with his men, who had been hidden in barrels, and captured this island fort. So it was conquered.

[@arawiri]

Agreed 🤝🏾

[@804MRMAN]

Stop lying! That fort was built by Malik Ambar!!!

[@Flyingkitty1234]

Stop day dreaming 😂

[@jai4096]

It was not conquered in war. What happened to patil was deception. The Siddis fortified the fort with heavy canons after gaining control and that made it unconquerable.

[@maazkalim]

So to begin taking you at face-value: You saying the island itself is an artificial, man-made structure?

[@zafarsharif993]

Raja Ram Rao Patil was the Patil of Janjira Island and a chief of the Kolis who built this island in the 15th century for Kolis to live on peacefully away from pirates. He built the island after gaining permission from the Sultan of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate but later refused to obey the orders of the Sultan. In retaliation, the Sultan sent his Admiral Piram Khan in 1489 to capture the island. Due to the castle's fortifications, Piram Khan was unable to attack the island conventionally, so he disguised himself as a merchant and requested to stay a night at Janjira. He was granted permission, and he hosted a party under the guise of thanking the Patil. When the Patil and the Kolis were intoxicated, Piram Khan attacked them with his men, who had been hidden in barrels, and captured the island.

[@adv.jaywantraoyadav-deshmu8440]

Complete Copy of Wikipedia Page 🤭

[@blogsterstudio4316]

Totally fake story 🤡

[@adv.jaywantraoyadav-deshmu8440]

@@blogsterstudio4316 wikipedia proof = en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murud-Janjira

[@idemonstratevelocity3522]

why history books doesn't mention this fort ? I live in Delhi and dont think anyone knows about this beautiful place

[@RAJUKUMAR.0908]

I had visited the fort, the place is so mesmerizing and beautiful. The sunset is so amazing.

[@TabassumKhatib-zc6il]

This is my native place I born and brought up over there.. I love my Murud Janjira so much❤❤

[@playoneindia]

mine too.. ❤

[@Anonymous-098]

Glory to the king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj 🧡🚩

[@safishahbunder1787]

Bro he never conquered it....he came and got defeated 2 3 times

[@akhripasta2670]

​@safishahbunder1787 they paid taxes to Maratha (Hindavi Swaraj /Hind's Confederacy), just like Bengal Subah & Nizam Hyderabad.

[@atharvabhosale3529]

Correct me if I am wrong but didn't Peshwa Bajirao I win the battle against Siddhis of Janjira but he didn't enter the fort he did make them pay money. Again correct me if I am wrong.

[@atharvabhosale3529]

@@omkarshitole4832 ohhh so it's not an unconquerable fort?😂

[@preetamyadav7952]

yes

[@chaitanyanage4933]

No, he had to leave the campaign halfway. But that didn't mean he lost.

[@kuldeeprana1908]

​@@chaitanyanage4933no peshwa bajirao defeated siddis and siddis became vessal state of maratha empire by giving annual taxes to marathas.. So marathas didn't need to conquer this fort

[@chaitanyanage4933]

@@kuldeeprana1908 nah, after 100+ yrs of experience with them, Marathas would never leave them be, if they won. Did you forget the story of Prataprao Gujar?

[@Maratha382]

Thanks BBC for covering this fort. As an Indian I never knew about this fort. 🙏

[@ARVINDYADAV-cu9sd]

Talibani sperm andhnamazi punchawala don't used maratha name

[@sujitpawarsoldier]

Tu marathi nashil vatte

[@yourDad0007]

Sale pakistani bot

[@rajibchakroborthy4181]

Tax thief lagta hai sudhar gya 😅😅😅

[@jazzyjazzy903]

No way ur maratha, if you don't know this fort.

[@rachitgupta18]

Amazing fort and a piece of history well preserved. I have been to this fort and its mesmerizing experience to see engineers in 15th century build such a marvel.

[@RealCherry8085]

Jai bhavani 🚩🚩 Jai maratha 🚩🚩

[@priteshamburle3034]

I am from janjira and I am proud of my village

[@kannan159]

Ruled by Siddi kings but who built it and ruled it before?? Why not mention it? Sounds like an important information just omitted on purpose.

[@kannan159]

@Varaha Shakthi Yeah Raja Ram Rao Patil and some cheif of Kolis built this is in 15th century

[@artistik6465]

​@kannan159 No they didn't. It was wooden before, the actual stone fortress you see and are looking at that remained this way for 500 years was built by African rulers in place of the wooden structure. Don't lie.

[@aryan3272]

@@artistik6465 shut up

[@blackswan6963]

Excellent..... i stay in Mumbai, and was not aware of this marvellous fort !!

[@Raut-warrior]

You don't seem like a marathi person. Just staying in Mumbai isn't enough, you need to have Maharashtrian blood inside you.

[@ethereal2620]

Thanks BBC for capturing this fort for us… on video! 🎥⭐

[@akhripasta2670]

Shah Alam (Mughal titular) & Peshwa(PM) of Hindavi Swaraj 1803 did a big F up by doing a civil war & inviting British to it.

[@thebecbark]

Fascinating

[@syedsadamhussainshah1395]

Excellent construction 🇮🇳

[@hirenahir76200]

The fort look extremely beautiful ❤️🤩

[@akhripasta2670]

Nearby forts Padmadurg & Sindhu Durg. Lohgad Fort & Raigad Fort

[@coryspang7548]

Janjira looks like a beautiful island fortress.

[@durgeshsss]

This is the most stupid comment ever Coz it is a sea Island fort

[@Shubham_Bahirat]

I went there and i know why no one conquered it. The single gate is taller than 5 floor building. And there's leake in middle is so beautiful and filled with sweet water so they don't need water from outside

[@Rahulpawar-fb6hu]

This fort is near by my district जय महाराष्ट्र🚩

[@Theodisc]

Praveen Mohan should go there (if he didn't already) and share his thoughts on this fort. He is a very interesting and insightful man. 👍🏽

[@0arjun077]

May be in 2030 there are thousands of architectural marvels all over India, this one is mid.

[@pipipupu5104]

Exactly and the fact that many hindu forts and anceint temples have negligible pr and publicity

[@vaibhavsingh4200]

He tell more lies than real facts, What made him famous is the fact that he could speak English in accent of English lady.

[@Theodisc]

@@vaibhavsingh4200 Come to mention it, you do kind of make a point on the English lady's voice question... But I do think he shares his opinions on things he has seen and as always he asks us what we think about it at the end. 🧿

[@JohnFrost-gt1cs]

@@vaibhavsingh4200 Books can lie, people can lie, eyes can lie but things standing at same place for thousands of years cannot lie.

[@presidentxijinpingspoxdoct9756]

I think the Siddis were from the Horn of Africa. I went there 15 years ago.... a truly remarkable fort......but there again, there are so many remarkable forts etc... in India.

[@RohanSharma-ic5mq]

Fort made by Raja Ram Rao Patil[

[@honestcat224]

Not made by Siddis.

[@jays5186]

Largely from Ethiopia

[@GyanTvAmit]

​@@honestcat224 yes this fort not made by siddhis it was made by hindu maratha king of koli community

[@sadasdas-lr5iv]

siddis are not from the horn of africa they are not geneticly close to modern day inhabitants of the horn they carry ancestry from the swahili coast

[@RoomRent-si9oj]

Indian engineering ❤❤❤

[@amanverma7033]

Talk about kumbalgarh and kangra fort too

[@Maratha382]

Ask godi media

[@amanverma7033]

@@Maratha382 no body asked your opinion 😂😂😂

[@omkargayali9066]

@@Maratha382 Whats your opinion about Sindhudurg aur Raigarh ? We should also proud of other forts

[@devamjani8041]

Chatrapati Shambhaji Maharaj almost conquered the fort, but he had to return to the main city after he was informed that a mughal army was coming for an attack.

[@utkarshbhamidimarri515]

whats the soundtrack their using? Sounds epic!!

[@jfd4706]

I agree, specially in the end. Scenic vibes ngl

[@Anup_sk23]

I wanna know too

[@mohakmilindsingh999]

*🕉️ 🚩 🇮🇳 INDIA 🇮🇳 🚩 🕉️*

[@men7822]

Another magnificent Hollywood shooting location? Just needs another magnificent director who can give it an equal opportunity to shine further

[@cjo2]

The opening shot with music is lit❤

[@asmanazeerahmad]

This fort is really beautiful. This town is my home land😊 and we have one more fort name Kasa Fort. Approx 130 kms distance from Mumbai. Murud janjira is really a best place to visit.

[@Ashtatech]

Finally bbc doing some good work

[@kendallbald]

Thought this was a new map update for Call of Duty MW2

[@vipinmaurya7294]

❤ India

[@arupsan]

Best and best capture … Many thanks to the crew members ..

[@kingkong-xk2jt]

Unfortunately indians wont recognise this spectacular creation due to political reasons

[@Bollywoodwater]

India's glorious history 🇮🇳🔥🏹🏹

[@YuraK25]

history of poop eating?

[@mindcontrol737]

@@YuraK25 u r from Ukraine, one of the biggest shltholle in the world in 2023, so please don't talk about other countries

[@Accyut]

​@@YuraK25 go eat ur pork first

[@buzztube1738]

​@@YuraK25 Russia banged you so hard

[@PikaPluff]

@@mindcontrol737 lmaoo but also don't say that, he's just jealous leave him be.

[@Ankit-d9f4u]

Thank you BBC Much appreciated video ❤

[@yashshah2618]

The design and architect of this fort itself suggests who would have made it.

[@sumitbhattacharya4402]

Who ??

[@kuldeeprana1908]

​@@sumitbhattacharya4402it was made by marathi guy named patil rao

[@ramchandrahegde2763]

Whatever they used as cement joints on this fort is so strong that stone is worn out in some places but joint is still intact.

[@dorayantz3649]

Wow, interesting. I never heard of this port before. 👍😃

[@Rockhard86]

Dora it is a fort not a port

[@dorayantz3649]

@@Rockhard86 thank you for the correction. I don't realize that day. 😁

[@mexicanmomo]

In today's era, It would be too easy to conquer such forts .

[@Rohit_Biswas1]

But that time?

[@rushikeshpatilkawale8179]

छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज की जय🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@rajiv2612]

Surprised it’s not in the British Museum by now.

[@l02as27]

The only thing that conquers the fort now is the rising sealevel

[@DarkSkay]

Probably there's a technical method to drain the rainwater through a tunnel or pipes using natural phenomena instead of pumps.

[@pipipupu5104]

​@@DarkSkay but how they drain rising sea level huh?

[@DarkSkay]

@@pipipupu5104 Haha, that would be an idea for a SciFi movie. Meanwhile the walls look more than strong enough to keep the seawater outside the fort.

[@philipfortygin7660]

😂 yes its nemesis is a cheap industrialy mass produced plastic flip flop.

[@siddarthk1330]

Siddis are 100% african in origin. We can find them in Kerala also. They are amazing drummers.

[@a77opteritoget66]

im from kerala i dont know about siddis.even if they are prsesent in kerala they will be to low

[@iam6424]

Didn't know , thanks 👍🏼

[@azeemanaz9313]

construction in the sea is a difficult thing to do even now. great to see this.

[@eliotanderson6554]

Omg what happnedd bbc why cover good things of india 🇮🇳

[@Trials_By_Errors]

First wooden Structure on that Fort was built by local Fishermen with grant from king. Before it was captured by Eastern Africans tribes. Marathas Built multiple forts to challenge Foregin Navies and Siddis. Mughals made Grave mistakes when they surrendered indian coastline to outsiders.

[@Ati-Maharathi]

Proud to be maratha.🚩🕉

[@joexavier4070]

Dude constructions done by musilms

[@organicfarm5524]

Koli and Siddi,,,, maratha didn't exist at that time

[@durgeshsss]

​​@@organicfarm5524ol noob ... research well Marathi language is 1200-2000 years old Then how come maratha people didn't exist at that time?

[@shivrajgujar1]

Janjira was unconquered because Siddis shifted their loyalty from Nizamshah, Adilshah, Mughal, Peshwa to British. Siddis bowed down to the big powers for survival.

[@tornadoagile1418]

WTF Siddhi, really? It was built under shiaaji maharajs period. Seriously read the books .

[@abhishekrai6852]

Just another attempt to wash out the great history of Hinduism 😅

[@durgeshsss]

Better research about it I'm marathi I know the history of it It was build way before shivaji maharaj Shivaji maharaj build Padmadurg fort which is near janjeeraa And Sindhudurg fort

[@artistik6465]

Don't lie. The stone fortress you see here was built by the African rulers. Before they conquered and built what you are looking at, the island had a wooden fort which they knew could not possibly withstand attack.

[@Gaurav_9339]

Now I know where to go during zombie apocalypse 😂

[@aneekdatta884]

Would make a nice addition to a medieval fantasy story

[@diligentjohn]

I suggest to upkeep that fort in the manner it deserves ...

[@bindaasmard664]

These Siddis (Arab owned Afro slaves) of Janjira were vicious barbarians, trafficking slaves that they would capture from neighboring defenseless coastal villages was their primary profession. They did not built this fort it was built by Rajaramrao Patil (a local Koli chieftain) long before the first Arab or Arab owned Afro slave stepped foot onto that tiny island. Siddis did fortified it though and placed mammoth cannons that proved to be crucial in the defense of that fort in following years. Siddis were way too barbaric than even barbary pirates of north Africa, Marathas under Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and later Sambhaji Maharaj did tried to capture this fort on few occasions but did not succeed, though Marathas managed to put a check on their barbaric activities for a brief period of time as Siddis completely confined themselves within Janjira, they would never dare to take on Marathas by coming out of indomitable fortification of Janjira. Soon after the tragic death of Sambhaji Maharaj Siddis started harassing and capturing locals by coming out of Janzeera, they were already allies of Mughals who handed over the most crucial Maratha fort of Raigad to them. Marathas at that point were busy in fighting with massive Mughal army on multiple fronts as great Mughal Alamgir Aurangzeb himself had arrived in Deccan region to wipe out Marathas once and for all but even after spending last 27 years of his life in Deccan all he could managed to win and retain against Marathas was some hundred square feet land for his modest tomb situated just outside Sambhaji Nagar city (earlier known as Aurangabad) of today's MH. Siddis literally ransacked the whole region around Raigad, killing and looting hundreds of locals, many managed to flee to Satara, a Maratha dominated mainland. Once Chatrapati Shahu took over Maratha throne he expressed his willingness to recapture prestigious Raigad fort and freeing the region from the Siddi barbarians before newly appointed Peshwa (prime minister of Maratha state) Bajirao 1st, he was so furious after hearing the atrocities that Siddis carried out in the region that he ordered his men not to spare any Siddi and announced that every Maratha soldier would be paid extra for every Siddi head he would bring back to Satara as trophy. In 1733, Peshwa Bajirao launched a campaign against the Siddis of Janjira. Bajirao's forces, however, did not take Janjira fort, though they captured all of surrounding area; a favorable treaty gave the Marathas indirect control over virtually all of the Sidi's lands. Needless to say Marathas gave Siddis taste of their own cruelty in the most gruesome manner, the entire coastal region was freed from reign of Siddis terror, some handful of them managed to get behind walls of Janjira thus saving them from ongoing Maratha onslaught. Siddis never got into slave trafficking after that thanks to strong presence of Marathas in the region who even reached as far as Delhi in coming years under the leadership of same Peshwa Bajirao 1st. Would like to add one more point here, Siddis confidence and aggression grew by many folds when Aurangzeb arrived in Deccan with almost half a million of his royal Mughal army to wipe out Marathas. There was an incident where on the orders of Aurangzeb Siddis came out of their Janjira fort attacked, captured and looted the trading port of Bombay which barely had 10K inhabitants at that time. This incident is famously known as "The 1689 Siege of Bombay", British rushed to Aurangzeb in order have a peace with him and even after having a peace agreement Siddis did not show any intention to leave port of Bombay and continued to harass locals. That's when a young Parsi came forward and formed a militia comprised of local Hindu Bhandari/Agri/Koli men who started to thrash Siddis and kicked them out of the Bombay. If you know Marathi then search for "गोष्ट मुंबईची: भाग ७९" in youtube to know the in depth information of this particular incident.

[@RamMohammadJosephKaur]

kuch bhi

[@bindaasmard664]

@@RamMohammadJosephKaur No madarasachap katua whose rear end has been violated by dozens of maulavis ever said that when same maulavi said to him that greatest pimp the in known universe aka ola would offer him 72 juicy virgins once he blows himself up !!!!!

[@deepeshchaudhary4568]

Teri ma bhen chodu teray alamjier ki londia chodu bhosdikay kuch bhi bakbash likriya hai 😅

[@logicalandfactualhistorian8312]

The description mentions that the fort survived attacks from British, French and Portuguese armies. But let me tell you, for a large part of their history the Siddis of Janjira were allied with Mughals, Bijapur, Portuguese and British against the new found maratha state. The most devastating attack on the fort was not launched by any foreign power but it was launched by the Second Maratha King Sambhaji (Son of Shivaji), Sambhaji was a masterful general who swiftly cut-off the supplies to the the fort and choked the siddis. He also attempted a ruse to capture the fort which was discovered and the Marathas inside the fort were killed by siddis. After a long and grueling siege where both sides inflicted heavy losses onto each other the siddis started to feel the pinch of low supplies and Sambhaji pushed on damaging the fort's walls and he also started to build a causeway to attack the fort straight away. Siddis were caught in a dire situation despite fighting bravely and they had realised that they would not be able hold the fort for long. However, the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb was well aware of the strategic and trade importance of Janjira and hence he hastily sent his general Hasan Ali Khan to attack the Maratha cities of Kalyan and Bhiwandi to alleviate the pressure on Siddis. The plan worked as Sambhaji could not afford losing the important cities of Kalyan and Bhiwandi, hence Sambhaji had to leave despite being able to see victory in his sight at Janjira. Sambhaji then proceeded to attack Hasan Ali Khan near Kalyan and defeated him, resulting in his retreat to Ahmadnagar. However, Aurangzeb was able to prevent Sambhaji from capturing Janjira as Sambhaji then had to focus on other important battlefronts against the Mughals. However, the blow dealt by Sambhaji to Siddis was so severe that they did not venture out against the Marathas in a serious conflict for about the next 16 years

[@rainthundercloud]

A country that suffered more then 100 invasions , this makes me happy.

[@SenorSol]

The British didn't need to conquer it, they had the strongest and largest navy in the world, they could've either blockaded it or just bypassed it altogether.

[@clovebeans713]

Did you watch the video? This fort has fresh water source and people farmed and fished their own supplies, so blockading and having the biggest navy would mean nothing. Infact this island was not part of British India and ceded to India after the British left.

[@brownerjerry174]

It can and did survive on it's own for quite a while, it has freshwater, fish and even some greens grown in the gardens.

[@sweetworld6583]

I love my india🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳...

[@ahmedalsharman]

Look impressive 👌 very well engineered

[@chihiro549]

How come as an Indian i didn't know there was "game of thrones"type of thing in this country🤦🤦🤦🤦, but bbc knows about it?? Also it's fascinating that British is still interested in forts and palaces of India even in this 21st century😂😂😂😂

[@insulaarachnid]

Feels like somewhere a Bond Villain would have their lair.

[@SamRichardson1990]

It was Ruled by Africans . it was independent Princely State till 1948.

[@S1lence_D]

Thanks BBC for covering this ❤

[@wondertv7500]

Out standing 🤟 Its only possible in India.

[@rakeshshetty7296]

Even shivaji couldn't conquer this fort. Wow👍. What an engineering bavo. 😍

[@deveshkhairnar2723]

Aara ya vadya chhatrapti sambhaji maharaj ne banvya ta eis fort ko

[@Amit-sd5iv]

because these land no need to conquer for Chhatrapati Sivaji Maharaj, you should use full name

[@chrissyjoseph653]

SGK Safari 💪🏻🎉

[@ginborgho]

even a siege didn’t work ? how was the fort supplied ?

[@MyUniqueVibe]

It has fresh water, access to fish caught from the sea, and grew vegetables.

[@bluedragontoybash2463]

it outlast the besieger

[@durgeshsss]

There is underground secret tunnel ...which connects fort and villages on shores

[@renmen1454]

India has logs of abandoned palace, which can be preserved, taken care and open for tourists. but these species only fight for their religion

[@mukulanand7532]

Fort resemblance with Winterfell very much.

[@jesalpatel5353]

Fake News, in reality Peshwa Bajirao had captured this fort, but later maratha signed a peace treaty with siddis so that siddis can live there peacefully under maratha empire🚩

[@tastypymp1287]

How is this news?

[@dhanjeepandey4252]

Great ❤❤❤❤❤...

[@hindurashtra63]

Siddhi People were always the Pride of Ancient India. They made up High Ranks in the Marata Army. From Military Commanders to Naval Commanders to Personal Body Guards of Maratha Emperor - Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Who had a Muslim Siddhi Bodyguard. This was how much Marathas trusted the Siddhi Tribal Commnity.

[@GyanTvAmit]

😂lol from where you read this history😂siddhis were biggest enemies of marathas and shivaji maharaj never had muslim commanders this is all fake propoganda spreaded by british servant raja ram mohan roy

[@zaffazad4040]

The "unconquerable fort" is the same as " HMS Invincible" which was hit in the Falklands War. There are no such military targets that are invincible or unconquerable.

[@lastChang]

China🇨🇳 is declining. - India🇮🇳, a Quad member, has the potential to be the next *only Asia superpower.*

[@joexavier4070]

I am a Indian,my prospect in that is very much less confidence,when climate change policy kick in and nowdays every nation can identify other nations progressive program so they sabotage easily ...let's wait and see

[@MarcoploTheTraveller]

This is amazing. I must visit this fort.

[@amankumawat1660]

It also attack by Britishers but they failed😂😂😂. Bbc is paid media.

[@Yutanovsky]

This place that I never seen it before!

[@GrandpaVince]

Old Vincey would just dig a little old tunnel and ravage the place with dingos

[@durgeshsss]

The fort already has the tunnel which is connected to shores

[@sayedshaan7621]

Astounding

[@MIRAAJMUHAMMAD_666]

Awesome construction by Muslims 😎

[@shreyaskumarrath721]

It's a Maratha fort.

[@GyanTvAmit]

show me single fort made by siddhis in africa😂

[@GyanTvAmit]

but my pisslami friend lotus is prohibited in islam then why siddhi carve lotus everywhere on fort😂 this fort was constructed by maratha read history search on google

[@dharmendrasingh8047]

Abe maratha fort hai chutiye madershchaap university student 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shamlimbore9406]

.....Awesome.....

[@chilam2512]

doubt it is unconquerable, just make no economic sense trying to dump that much resource taken it. it can't send help to the mainland or the mainland can send ship to resupply it without getting hit.

[@sujitpawarsoldier]

They grew ther food there... They have pure drinking water also

[@TugaThings]

​@@sujitpawarsoldier It doesn't matter tho. This fort didn't stop the Portuguese from taking the western Indian coast neither the British

[@durgeshsss]

​@@TugaThingsthe fort is connected to shores through underground tunnel...13kms long... Research properly

[@TugaThings]

@@durgeshsss I don't know why you Indians are so imature when it comes to stuff like this are you 10 years old? Even if there is a underwater tunnel, it would not matter since you can ignore the fort anyway. Is it a cool Fort? Yes. Is this fort capable of stopping and zoning out invaders from taking the coast? Absolutely not. It doesn't have any geostrategic importance, the only guy who wanted to conquer this at all costs was the Marathas King Shivaji. If the British wanted it they could've sinked the island with their navy but is was not worth the ammo.

[@sujitpawarsoldier]

@@TugaThings protect of western coast was not purpose of this fort dude..

[@entertainmentjoke2871]

Irony, British Empire conquer whole India and thus, conquered that fort.

[@BikeJackass]

An engineering marvel indeed, but unconquered because nobody needed to, would have been easy for the worlds most powerful navy to blockade and starve them out, but easier to bypass it, conquer everything else until they had no choice but to sign a peace treaty…., wait thats about what happened 🤣

[@airplanedude3103]

I wonder why people like you can't watch a video about India without dissing the country

[@witchilich]

"wait thats about what happened". No, it was not part of British India. The rulers ceded it to Indian territorry after independence from Britain.

[@TugaThings]

​@@airplanedude3103 Not really dissing. Calling it unconquerable is misleading

[@airplanedude3103]

@@TugaThings Yeah ik it's misleading. However, I was talking about the laughing emoji at the end.

[@TugaThings]

@@airplanedude3103 Got it

[@shithalshetty9762]

Wow what a surprise BBC showing something good about India I am dreaming or what

[@nagrajbenade4518]

पेशवा बाजीराव Conqueror of janjira 🚩🔥🔥

[@user-vg3jz5yg1d]

You can create a slum inside it by CGI to make it look more Indian way as you always want.