Kalyangad
fort in Maharashtra, India
Kalyangad Fort/Nandgiri is a historical fort located in the Koregaon Taluka (administrative unit) of Satara district of Maharashtra, India. The fort stands at the end of a spur of the Mahadev mountain range running south-west from the villages of Vikhale and Bhadle, eight miles north of Koregaon and about fourteen miles north-east of Satara. Its elevation is 3,537 feet or 1,067 to 1,078 meters above sea level.
History
According to tradition the fort was built by the Silahara king Bhoj II, of Panhala. In 1673 it was surrendered, along with other Satara forts, to Shivaji. and kalyangad fort under sardar ratoji bhoite. The Pratinidhi administered it until his struggle with Bajirao, the second Peshwa (1720–1740). In 1791, Major Price described it as looking like the hull of a ship of war, with another hill opposite it with some places of devotion on its summit. In the last Maratha war, it fell to the army of General Pritzler in April 1818. In 1862, it was described as a dismantled and uninhabited fort with a steep approach and a strong gateway, but no water and no supplies.
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