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=Jaigarh=
Seaport in the District and taluka of Ratnagiri, Bombay,
situated in 17° 17' N. and 73° 13' E., at the southern entrance to the
Shastri or Sangameshwar river, 99 miles south of Bombay. Population
(1901), 2,567. The harbour forms a bay 2 miles long and 5 miles
broad, with deep water, and well protected against winds. The exports,
which amounted to 4-9 lakhs in 1903-4, are chiefly firewood and
mola.sses; the imports, which in the same year amounted to 6-6 lakhs,
are principally rice and salt. Jaigarh is now little more than a fishing
village. The fort, which occupies an area of 4 acres, is situated close
to the shore on gently rising ground about 200 feet above the sea.

The walls and bastions are, except in a few places, still in good repair,
but are gradually decaying. The fort was originally built by the
Bijapur kings, and was afterwards the retreat of a noted Hindu pirate,
the Naik of Sangameshwar, who was sufficiently powerful to resist
two combined expeditions of the Portuguese and Bijapur forces sent
against him in 1583 and 1585. In 1713 Jaigarh passed into the hands
of the famous Maratha sea-robber Angria ; and in June, 1818, on the
downfall of the Peshwa, was surrendered to the British. A lighthouse,
visible for 13 miles, stands on the headland. 'i1ic town contains one
school.

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