Ahmednagar Fort (Bhuikot Killa) is located in MIRC Ahmednagar
in Maharashtra. One has to travel by the Ahmednagar-Pathardi-Beed Road (NH222) to reach its entrance. Directions to it are available on Google Maps. It was built by Malik Shah Ahmed, he was the first sultan
of the Nizam Shahi Sultanate in 1490 AD. Post that the fort has changed hands a
couple of times.
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| Entrance to Ahmednagar Fort |
After visiting Chand Bibi Tomb we headed to Ahmednagar Fort. A land fort and its walls are
not very tall. Around the fort is placed a moat, so that enemies couldn't enter
the fort premises. Currently there is wild vegetation growing in the moat area.
Daulatabad fort near Aurangabad, is another such fort which has got a moat
around it.
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| Hazrat Peer Bagh Nizam Dargah at Ahmednagar Fort |
The fort is under the control of the
Armoured Corps of the Indian Army. Certain portions of the fort are open to
public view from 9 AM to 5 PM. There is no entry fee but one has to deposit an
ID proof before viewing the fort premises.
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| Fortification of Door to Ahmednagar Fort |
The guard informed us that the main
entrance is a couple of blocks away and for security reason it is closed. He
also informed us about the Leaders Block and the best way of seeing the fort is
by walking on the fort walls.
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| Door to Ahmednagar Fort |
The national flag, he informed us that
apart from this fort, it sways on the Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Red Fort in Delhi. The
size of the flag is the same across all the three places.
We decided visit the main entrance of the
fort. It has huge doors which are closed. There is also the Hazrat Peer Bagh
Nizam Dargah built near the main entrance. There are a couple of old houses
which are in ruins.
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| Leader's Block at Door to Ahmednagar Fort |
We then headed over to see the Leaders
Block located within the fort premises. The Leaders block was U shaped and had
rooms within it. 12 Freedom Fighters were imprisoned here from 10 Aug
1942. The room in which Pandit Nehru was imprisoned is intact. One can still
see some of the articles used by him in those days. "Do Not Touch" is
placed near the exhibits.
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| Atop the walls of Door to Ahmednagar Fort |
We then headed over to see the fort via the
fort walls. The guard informed that, we need to climb up and down the walls
from the staircase located only near the flag. Climbing up and down other staircase on the fort walls is not permissible. The fort is round in structure and
has 24 bastions. In the fort walls are openings via which guns could be placed
to shoot at the enemy. I have located similar niches in Vijaydurg fort near
Devgad.
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| Walls of Door to Ahmednagar Fort |
The fort walls are broad enough, two people
can walk together on it. It offers a close view of the land outside. One can't
see the inside of the fort due to the thick vegetation growing on the inside.
The bastions are all similarly designed. One of them also has a hidden route
that leads from one to the other. A couple of bastions have inscriptions in
Urdu. Not sure what they meant.
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| Hidden tunnel in the Door to Ahmednagar Fort walls |
Due to it's short fort walls this fort
would have been heavily guarded in its hay days. it has changed hands a couple
of times and finally it got its freedom in 1947. Located outside the fort are
two cannons on wheels. Most of the cannons I have seen on fort visits in
Maharashtra don't have wheels. BTW no cannons could be spotted in the fort
premises.
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| Important Information on Door to Ahmednagar Fort |
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| Cannon on Wheels at the entrance of Door to Ahmednagar Fort |
We then headed off to see Damdi or DamadiMasjid.
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