The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s9.218

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The force under Colonel Kennedy having got possession of all the forts in the Suvarndurg district took Anjanvel on May 17, and from there went on to Govalkot, where it was found that a large body of Rá moshis had been plundering through the district and had taken possession of Chiplún. They however professed peaceable intentions and evacuated the town. The force then took the forts of Bairamgarh and Bháwangarh, and an order was obtained from the Deshmukh of Ratnágiri at Sátára for the surrender of the forts in that táluka, namely Ratnágiri, Purangad, Jaygad, and Sátavli. These were not in our possession till the beginning of June,² and in that month the conquest of the Southern Konkan was completed by the unconditional surrender of the district and fort of Vijaydurg,³ which were held by two brothers of the Dhulap family, one of whom was subhedár of the district and the other killedár of the fort and Admiral of the Peshwa's fleet. The Dhulaps are said not to have been in the fort at the time of our force appearing before it, but two Musalmán brothers fired a few shots from the walls till they were both killed on the spot by the bursting of one of the guns, after which no further resistance was made.⁴ The Admiral's vessel of 430 tons burden, 156 feet long and 33 feet beam, was taken in the river, and the dock, 355 feet long and 257 feet in the broadest part, remains to this day. There was also a small building-yard and a mast-house.⁵