Ahmednagar Fort
fort located in the city of Ahmednagar in India
The Ahmednagar Fort (Ahmadnagar Qila) is located close to the Bhingar Nala near Ahmednagar in Maharashtra state western India. It was the headquarters of the Ahmednagar Sultanate. In 1803, it was taken by the British during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. It was used as a prison during the British Raj. Currently, the fort is under the administration of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army.
Major features
In 1803, the Ahmednagar Fort was round in appearance, with twenty-four bastions, one large gate, and three small sally ports. It had a glacis, no covered way; a ditch, faced with stone on both sides, about 18 feet (5.5 m) wide, with 9 feet (2.7 m) water all around, which only reached within 6 or 7 feet (1.8 or 2.1 m) of the top of the scarp; long reeds grew in it all around. The berm was only about one yard wide. The rampart was of black hewn stone, and the parapet was of lime-plastered brick; both together appeared from the crest of the glacis to be only as high as the pole of a field-officer's tent. The bastions were all about 4.5 feet (1.4 m) feet higher; they were round.
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