Gingee Fort | place with historical importance

India / Tamil Nadu / Gingi /
 place with historical importance, fort
(Tamil: செஞ்சி கோட்டை ) also known in the corrupt form as Gingee Fort & as Chinji .. or Jinji .. in Tamil Nadu, India is one of the few surving forts in Tamil Nadu — which is much more popular for its temples than forts. It lies in Villupuram district, 160 km (100 mi) from the state capital, Chennai, and is close to the union territory of Pondicherry. So well fortified was this place that Shivaji ranked it as the "most impregnable fortress in India" and it was called the "Troy of the East" by the British. The fort consists of three hills, connected by walls enclosing an area of 7 km². It was built at a breathtaking height of 800 feet (240 m), and protected by an 80-foot (24 m) wide moat.
The fort at Gingee was declared a National Monument in 1921 and was under the Archeological Department. Recently the Tourism Department of India has tried to popularise this remote and oft forgotten fort in Tamil Nadu.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingee_Fort
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Coordinates:   12°14'58"N   79°23'57"E

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  • gingee is lastely ruled by arcot nawab
  • very good place
  • Just unbelievable planning & construction ,proud to be my native place.Please try to visit, to know more about its history & worth as well.Engineering colleges can arrange a visit for their civil students ,to show how worth we are or just to develop their skills.
  • The Great King Of Maharashtra Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Won Tihs Fort In time Of Dakshin Digvijay & Maratha Capital Time Of Chatrapati Rajaram
  • The gingee fort is one of the tourism place and most of the english people came in gingee fort.it is one of shouting place. very good place
  • IT IS NOT MAINTAINED UP TO THE MARK
  • gingee,isno1tourist,place,in,tamilnadu \
  • This fort secured the the throne of Hindavi swarajya founded by Shivaji the Great. CH.Rajaram Maharaj ruled Maratha empire from Ginjee when Mughuls attacked Maratha Capital Raigarh.
  • Gingeeefort is the most important tourist place in tamilnadu by the name of desingu raja
  • PLEASE ALL OF PEOPLE SEE THIS FORT....VERY NICE PLACE.....
  • Gingee under Konar Heritage : -(1190 A.D. - 1330 A.D) Gingee was under the sway of chieftains, Anandha Koan, Krishna Koan and Pullia Koan even though there was no epigraphical evidences from Koan rule but it is specified in some books. By foreign sources we come to know that Anandha Koan built "Anandha Giri" and afterwards it became "Raja Giri" His son Krishna Koan built "Krishna Giri..,
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