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Najibabad Fort

historical Fort in Najibabad Uttar Pradesh , India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ120395578 ↗
Source-derived summary

Najibabad Fort, also known as Sultana Daku Qila and Pathargarh Fort, is an 18th-century fort in Najibabad, Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built in 1755 by the Mughal minister Najib ad-Dawlah.

No longer in active military use, the former fort is a Monument of National Importance, administered by the Archaeological Survey of India.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Najibabad Fort” is historical Fort in Najibabad Uttar Pradesh , India. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Najibabad, Fort and historical, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1755—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Najibabad, Fort and historical is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “historical Fort in Najibabad Uttar Pradesh , India” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q120395578. Authority coordinates are 29.611, 78.369. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1755.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Najibabad Fort”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Najibabad Fort primary sources, Najibabad Fort archive and Najibabad research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Najibabad Fort”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Najibabad Fort” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.