Fort St David - Forts of India (sitios de interés)

As a small fort built by a Hindu merchant it fell into the hands of the Marathas after the capture of Gingee Fort by Shivaji in 1677. From them it was purchased by the English in 1690: with the English renaming it as Fort St David after the patron Saint of Wales, since the then Governor of Madras, Elihu Yale, was Welsh.[1] The purchase including not only the fort but the adjacent towns and villages within the random shot of a piece of ordnance.