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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''

=Bankot=
(or Fort Victoria). — Village and old fort in the Dapoli tahika
of Ratnagiri District, Bombay, situated in 17 59' N. and 73 3' E., at
the mouth of the Savitri river, 73 miles south-east from Bombay. Popu-
lation (1901), 276. In the beginning of the eighteenth century ( Ban-
coote ' was a pirate nest of the Maratha chief Angria. It was ceded by
the Marathas in exchange for the conquered fortress of Gheria in 1756,
and thus became the first British possession on the mainland of Western
India. It was renamed Fort Victoria, and was highly valued as sup-
plying Bombay with provisions, and also as affording the inhabitants
a change of air and scene.

James Forbes {Oriental Memoirs) visited it
in 1 77 1. Bankot lies at the foot of a rocky headland in the extreme
north of the District. The river is navigable by vessels of 16 feet
draught 18 miles to Mahapral, and by vessels drawing 7 feet 10 miles
farther to Mahad in Kolaba District. Until 1822 Bankot was the chief
town of Ratnagiri District. It is now little more than a large fishing
village with no manufactures. Coasting steamers call daily during the
fair season, but the port is closed in the south-west monsoon. The
value of the imports and exports is trifling. Bankot contains 7 schools,
attended by 100 boys and 22 girls.

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