MUMBAI: The Minister of State for Shipping MilindDeora launched the project of development of tourism at KanhojiAngere Lighthouse project on KanhojiAngre Island, 23 KM away from Gateway of India, Mumbai, on April 5.
Officials said that the decision to explore the tourist potential of lighthouses particularlyKanhoji Angre Island Lighthouse - named after the Great Naval Admiral of Shivaji for visitors of Mumbai and around has been taken as the lighthouses have been found to be serene and extremely environmentally friendly destination.
The island, previously known as Khanderi (Kennery) Island, is a small Island about 11NM South of Colaba Point. The island had strategic importance for stakeholders the Portuguese, the English and the Marathas as it commanded the entrance of the Mumbai Harbour from the South.
The British thought that it belonged to them as an appendage of Bombay and had not occupied it, unaware of its importance. The Marathas quietly and without prior notice occupied these islands placed so strategically which created a hurdle for quite long for the English.
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