page_title: Bankot
hierarchical_section_title: Bankot
caption_attribution_description: Bankot Fort or Fort Victoria or HimmatGad (also called MandarGiri / MandGor), situated at the north west corner of Ratnagiri district hence also of Mandangad taluka. The fort is situated atop a plateau on south bank of river Savitri where it meets the Arabian sea
context_page_description: Bankot is a town in Maharashtra, India. It became part of the Bombay Presidency in 1756.
  Its most famous structure is Bankot Fort, which was the first residency of the British Raj in Southern Konkan.
context_section_description: Bankot is a town in Maharashtra, India. It became part of the Bombay Presidency in 1756.
  Its most famous structure is Bankot Fort, which was the first residency of the British Raj in Southern Konkan.
caption: Bankot fort
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