5/5 SUNIL J. 10 months ago on Google • 154 reviews
Very
Nice
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Historical
Place
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According
to
an
inscription
found
here
in
1815,
this
fort
was
under
the
authority
of
King
Prithviraja
during
12th
century.
In
1334,
Moroccan
adventurer
Ibn
Batuta
visited
Hansi
and
the
fort.
He
later
left
behind
the
following
account
of
the
city
of
Hansi
in
his
'Rihla'.
Chalisa
famine
of
1783-84
left
this
whole
area
devastated.
Several
nearby
villages
were
abandoned
and
the
city
of
Hansi
itself
was
largely
deserted.
Later
around
the
year
1798
when
George
Thomas
decided
to
make
Hansi
his
capital,
he
made
several
efforts
to
rehabilitate
it.
He
got
the
city
walls
and
the
fort
repaired,
wells
were
dug
and
new
buildings
were
erected
on
the
fort.
Thomas’s
reign
was
of
very
short
time
and
was
over
with
the
Battle
of
Hansi
(in
December
1801),
against
Marathas.
In
this
battle
Maratha
guns
had
caused
a
great
damage
to
this
previously
impenetrable
fort
but
it
was
only
after
a
long
siege
and
a
fierce
battle
that
Thomas
finally
agreed
to
surrender
the
city
and
the
fort.
Lt.
Col.
James
Skinner,
fought
on
the
Maratha
side.
After
the
treaty
of
1803
with
the
Marathas
(Scindhia),
East
India
Company
established
its
authority
over
this
territory
and
this
fort
was
now
to
be
used
for
administrative
and
military
purposes.
Now
partially
restored
one
can
see
the
Baradari,
Old
Serai,
Jama
Masjid,
Moti
masjid
and
the
tomb
of
Miran
Sahib
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