- Type
- Fortress
- Built
- 1559 · 16th century
- Location
- Maharashtra, India
- Coordinates
- 19.0950°, 74.7550°
History
The first fort in the newly founded capital was built around 1490 by Ahmad Nizam Shah I, founder of the Nizam Shahi dynasty, which broke away from the Bahmani Sultanate. In 1559 his grandson Hussain Nizam Shah I began rebuilding it in stone, giving it a roughly circular plan with several dozen bastions and a wide moat. In 1596 the regent Chand Bibi beat off a Mughal siege here, but in 1600, shortly after her death, the fort fell to Akbar's army. In the 18th century it passed to the Marathas, and in 1803 it was taken by General Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington. In 1942–1945 the British imprisoned leaders of the Indian National Congress here, among them Jawaharlal Nehru, Maulana Azad and Vallabhbhai Patel.
What to see
The fort lies within a military area near the Indian Army's Armoured Corps training centre, so access is restricted. From outside you can see the thick stone walls with their semicircular bastions, surrounded by a moat. Inside, the rooms where the Congress leaders were held have been kept, and Nehru's cell is set up as a small display of mementoes of the prisoners.
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