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Bombay Castle

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Bombay Castle

Bombay Castle (also Casa da Orta) is one of the oldest defensive structures built in the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay). The current castle is a structure built by the British on the site of the Manor House built by a Portuguese nobleman Garcia de Orta.[2] Orta had leased the island of Bombay from the King of Portugal between 1554 and 1570.

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