Terekhol Fort is on the north west side of Goa situated within the green and hilly valley in between Terekhol river and Arabian Sea. The fort was built by the Marathas at the beginning of the 18th century later on but was captured by the Portuguese in 1745. In 1794, for a brief spell, it was occupied by the Marathas in 1825, the people revolted against the then Goanese Governor General D Barnado Peres De Silver, but the revolt was a short lived one. Then again in 1954, the freedom struggle gained momentum in Terekhol. They were joined by the foot milrch column protesters from all over India. Its leadership was given by Shri Tridib Chowdhury of Bengal. The death of the Satyagrahis in 1955 hastened the independence. The Therekhol Fort is the mute spectator of this independence struggle. Regular buses ply from Panaji.