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Gwalior
Fort,
Gwalior
,
Madhya
Pradesh,India.
According
to
historians,
there
isn’t
any
concrete
proof
to
indicate
exactly
when
the
fort
was
constructed.
However,
a
local
legend
tells
us
that
it
was
built
in
3
CE
by
a
local
king
called
Suraj
Sen.
A
saint
named
Gwalipa
came
wandering
to
the
fort
and
met
the
king,
who
was
suffering
from
leprosy.
When
Gwalipa
offered
him
some
water
from
a
sacred
pond
(now
called
Suraj
Kund
and
located
within
the
fort
complex),
he
immediately
became
healthy
again.
As
a
thankful
gesture
to
the
saint,
the
king
named
the
fort
and
the
town
after
him.
The
saint
then
gave
the
king
the
title
of
‘Pal’
(protector)
and
told
him
that
as
long
as
he
and
his
family
continue
to
bear
this
title,
the
fort
would
remain
in
their
possession.
Following
this,
83
successors
of
Suraj
Sen
controlled
the
fort.
But
the
84th
king,
Tej
Karan,
did
not
bear
the
title
and
lost
the
fort.
Certain
monuments
and
inscriptions
inside
the
fort
explain
to
visitors
that
it
has
been
existent
since
the
6th
century.
A
Huna
emperor
called
Mihirakula
used
to
rule
the
fort
during
that
time.
Later
in
the
9th
century,
Gurjara-Pratiharas
captured
the
fort,
governed,
and
also
built
the
Teli
Ka
Mandir.
After
being
attacked
and
ruled
by
a
couple
of
Muslim
dynasties
for
three
centuries,
the
Tomars
captured
the
fort
in
1398.
Maan
Singh
was
the
last
and
the
most
distinguished
Tomar
ruler,
and
he
constructed
several
monuments
inside
the
fort
complex.
The
beautiful
turquoise
blue-tiled
Man
Mandir
Palace
was
built
during
his
reign.
And
he
also
had
a
separate
palace
built
for
his
wife
Mrignayani;
this
structure
is
called
the
Gujari
Mahal
and
is
now
a
state
archaeological
museum.
When
Ibrahim
Lodi
attacked
the
fort
in
1516,
he
defeated
Maan
Singh,
who
died,
and
the
Tomars
lost
the
fort.
The
Gwalior
Fort
then
witnessed
a
brief
period
of
rule
by
the
Mughals,
until
the
Marathas
captured
it
and
soon
lost
it
to
the
East
India
Company.
After
this,
there
were
many
recurrent
shifts
between
the
rule
of
the
Marathas
and
the
Britishers.
Finally,
in
1844,
the
Maratha
Scindia
family
of
Gwalior,
as
the
British
government’s
protectorate,
occupied
the
fort.