Ahmed Nagar Fort in Maharashtra

Ahmednagar Fort was the administratie headquarters of the Ahmednagar Sultanate, an Indian kingdom located in the northwestern Deccan, between the sultanates of Gujarat and Bijapur.  This Ahmad Nagar Fort was taken over in  1803, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War by the British and was used as a prison. At preset the Ahmadnagar fort is under the administration of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army.

History of the Ahmad Nagar Fort
The Fort was built by Malik Shah Ahmed in 1427 who was the first sultan of the Nizam Shahi Dynasty. In the initial stages the board was made of mud  but in 1559 fortication began during the rule of Hussain Nizam Shah. The fortification went on for 4 years  and was finished in 1562. In 1600 during Mughal Invasion the fort went to the Mughals.  After Aurangazeb passed away in the Ahmad Nagar Fort it went to Marathas  and then to the Scindias the rulars of the Gwalior state.
In 1803  during the second Anglo maratha war the East India company took over the fort and started using the fort as a prison. Jawaharlal Nehru, Abdul Kalam Azad, Sardar Patel and the other members of the Indian National Congress  were jailed in this fort for almost 3 years after the Quit India Resoution by the Congress.

Construction of the Ahmadnagar Fort

Ahmad Nagar Fort is one of the well planned  and strongly built  fort and is situated in the middle of the cantonement area of the eastern parts of the city.  This  fort is oval in shape  and has about 1.70kilometer in circumference with 24 bastions. The fort is surrounded by a moat, about 30 meters wide and 4-6 meters deep as well as a massive wall built of stone masonry which rises for 25 metersrom the bottom of the ditch.  There are two entrances to the Ahmadnagar fort which can be reached only after crossing the moat over the suspension drawn bridges. The buildings inside the fort are in good condition even now.

How to Reach Ahmednagar?

If you are travelling by air you can reach Pune Domestic airport / Mumbai international airport.  From Pune it is about 113 kilometers to Ahmednagar  fort. You can get trains to Ahmednagar or state transport buses from Pune and Mumbai as well as othe major towns and cities of the area.