Gingee Fort
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Gingee Fort or Senji Fort in Tamil Nadu, India is one of the surviving forts in Tamil Nadu, India. It is popularly known as Great Wall of South India. It lies in Villupuram District, 160 kilometres (99 mi) from the state capital, Chennai, and is close to the Union Territory of Puducherry, ranked it as the "most impregnable fortress in India", and it was called the "Troy of the East" by the British.
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Gingee fort
India, India,
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Location: 12.2508, 79.3958, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
2 places
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- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Gingi - encyclopedia article, English
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1690 | Siege of Jinji | siege | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Gingee Fort | fortress | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | TamilNadu2011 (9) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Great view of Gingee Fort, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, in India. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Gingee map 1700 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Plan of forts and most remarkable places of Gingee | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Plan of forts and most remarkable places of Gingee | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Map of Gingee, 1780 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Map of Gingee, 1780 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Rajgad, Gingi | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Plan of Gingee Fort | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort of Raje Ghur, Gingee | Commons | ||








