Best Journey At India | Murud Janjira Fort. In the late 1200s, the Koli or "fisherman kings" designed the primary fort off the coast of Maharastra on a rocky island within the Arabian ocean. But the island had a hidden advantage, within the middle of the fort was a well that provided the fort with contemporary non-salty drinking water. With water to drink and fish to eat, the island-fort was extraordinarily troublesome to overcome. For over two hundred years, the Indian fisherman fought off attacks from invading Muslim armies, till a Trojan Horse-style raid -- within which troopers pretended to be liquor merchants, hid in barrels of booze and got the Koli troopers drunk before attacking -- by the Habashi finally overthrew the fisherman kings.
When the British Empire expanded into India, the English tried to require the fort, however were additionally unsuccessful. The Brits signed a treaty with the Siddis -- a Sufi Muslim cluster of African descent who received authority of the island from the Habashi -- that the fort would stay underneath native rule, a sole freelance outpost in all of colonial India. When India gained independence in 1947, the island was united with the state of Bombay.
Open to tourists, the island is currently accessible from either the Rajpuri port or the Murud port by sailboat. On the 22-acre island, the traditional forts and ruined castles will be explored, as will the islands stunning beach.
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