Jinji , also Gingi written , location of an almost inaccessible Fortress, by the Hindu rulers of the Vijayanagar empire was built ( approx. 1347–1642). It is about 130 km southwest of Chennai (Madras) in the Indian state Tamil Nadu .
1638 the fortress was by the Muslims of Bijapur from Maratha Chief Shahji captured. 1677 Shahji's son conquered Shivaji the fort back. From 1690 it was besieged by the Mughals, who surrendered it in 1698. A large Mughal army was thus immobilized for eight years. Given to the Nawabs of Karnataka under the Mughals, the fort was conquered by the French in 1750 and by the British in 1761. She became 1780 an Hyder Ali from Mysore and played no significant role in Indian history thereafter.