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Ahmednagar
Fort
:
Pride
of
Ahmednagar.
Once
known
as
the
as
the
second-most
impregnable
fort
(the
first
one
being
the
Gwalior
Fort),
Ahmednagar
Fort
was
the
main
headquarters
of
Ahmednagar
Sultanate.
Malik
Ahmad
Nizam
Shah
I,
the
first
sultan
of
the
Nizam
Shahi
dynasty,
ordered
to
built
this
fort
so
to
protect
his
city
against
the
invaders.
Unique
features
of
the
fort
like
18m
high
walls
supported
by
22
bastions;
one
large
gate;
three
small
sally
ports;
glacis;
no
covered
way
and
a
ditch
revetted
with
stone
set
it
to
look
apart
from
other
forts
of
India.
History
has
it
that
Chand
Bibi,
a
regent
of
the
Shahi
dynasty,
successfully
defended
the
fort
from
the
Mughals
many
times.
But
Mughals
were
somehow
able
to
conquer
it.
Adding
to
its
historical
significance
is
the
fact
that
Aurangzeb
died
here
in
1707.
After
Aurangzeb's
death,
the
fort
passed
to
the
Nizams
in
1724,
Marathas
in
1759
and
later
the
Scindias
in
1790.
In
1803,
Ahmednagar
fort
was
taken
over
by
British
during
the
Second
Anglo-Maratha
War.
During
the
days
of
Quit
India
movement,
Britons
made
a
prison
in
the
fort.
Various
diplomats
of
Indian
National
Congress
like
Jawaharlal
Nehru,
Abul
Kalam
Azad,
Sardar
Patel,
etc
have
been
detained
in
this
fort.
Currently,
the
fort
is
the
administration
of
the
Armoured
Corps
of
the
Indian
Army.