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Gawilghur

Gawilghur
Gavilgad fort walls
Military structure
NameGawilgad fort
TypeIndia Maharashtra
Built1425-26 CE
Built byAhmed Shah I
Construction
materials
Stone
Height1103 m (3618.8 ft) ASL
In use1425-1803 CE
Current
owner
Government of India
Open to
the public
Yes
Controlled byMuzaffarid dynasty, Marathas, East India Company

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Gawilghur (also Gawilgarhor Gawilgad) was a well-fortified mountain stronghold of the Maratha Empire north of the Deccan Plateau, in the vicinity of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati District, Maharashtra. It was successfully assaulted by an Anglo-Indian force commanded by Arthur Wellesley on the 15 December 1803 during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. In popular culture, the campaign to take Gawilghur forms the background of the novel Sharpe's Fortress by Bernard Cornwell, the third in a trilogy of books covering the eponymous hero's time in the British army in India during the Napoleonic era.

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Satara districtAjinkyatara * Bhushangad * Kamalgad * Pratapgad * Santoshgad * Shrivardhan * Manaranjan * Vasota
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Mumbai city districtBassein Fort * Belapur Fort * Bombay Castle * Castella de Aguada * Dongri Fort * Fort George * Madh Fort * Mahim Fort * Mazagon Fort * Riwa Fort * Sewri Fort * Sion Hillock Fort * Worli Fort
Raigad districtKarnala fort * Korlai Fort * Kothaligad * Kolaba Fort * Lingana * Manikgad * Murud-Janjira * Padmadurg * Raigad * Sudhagad * Malanggad * Khanderi * Underi * Prabalgad * Irshalgad
Aurangabad DistrictDaulatabad
Amravati districtGawilghur
Ahmednagar districtHarishchandragad * Ratangad * Ahmednagar Fort
Ratnagiri districtJaigad Fort * Prachitgad * Suvarnadurg * Yeshwantgad * Mandangad
Pune districtKorigad * Malhargad * Mangalgad * Purandar fort * Rajgad * Sangram Durg * Sajjangad * Shaniwarwada * Shivneri * Sinhagad * Tikona * Tung Fort * Visapur fort * Vishalgad * Lohagad * Torna
Nashik districtMangi-Tungi * Dhodap
Kolhapur districtPargadh * Panhala fort * Pavangad * Samangad
Sindhudurg districtSindhudurg * Vijayadurg
Nagpur districtSitabuldi
Dhule districtLaling * Thalner
Thane districtMahuli |

Forts in India

VijayanagaraGingee Fort * Bangalore Fort * Udayagiri Fort * Vellore Fort
Deccan sultanatesAhmednagar Fort * Golkonda * Gawilghur * Narnala * Panhala fort * Purandar fort * Khammam Fort
Gujarat SultanateMahim Fort
Delhi SultanateAligarh Fort * Bandhavgarh Fort * Qila Mubarak * Siri Fort * Tughlaqabad * Salimgarh Fort * Daulatabad
Various NayaksChitradurga Fort * Bekal Fort * Dindigul Fort * Gingee Fort * Tiruchirapalli Rock Fort * Chandragiri fort * Hosdurg Fort
Malwa SultanateMandsaur Fort
Faruqi dynastyAsirgarh * Laling * Thalner
RajputAchalgarh * Amber Fort * Chittorgarh Fort * Jaigarh Fort * Jaisalmer Fort * Jalore Fort * Junagarh Fort * Kankwadi * Kumbhalgarh * Nahargarh Fort * Taragarh Fort * Lal Kot * Gwalior Fort * Kalinjar * Hinglajgarh * Mehrangarh Fort * Narwar Fort * Senapati fortress * Bahu Fort
MarathaDongri Fort * Harishchandragad * Kolaba Fort * Lohagad * Sudhagad * Sinhgad * Tikona * Panhala fort * Pratapgad * Vishalgad * Rajgad * Sindhudurg * Vijaydurg * Shivneri * Raigad * Gajendragarh * Gingee Fort * Shaniwar Wada * Jhansi Fort * Hinglajgarh * Manora * Visapur Fort * Sadashivgad
Mughal EmpireOld Fort, Delhi * Qila Rai Pithora * Chanderi fort * Agra Fort * Allahabad Fort * Fatehpur Sikri * Red Fort * Akola fort * Kangra Fort
JatGohad Fort * Lohagarh Fort * Nahar Singh Mahal
Mysore kingdomDevanahalli Fort * Palakkad Fort * Bekal Fort * Sankagiri Fort
SiddiMurud-Janjira * Belapur Fort * Underi
TravancoreVattakottai Fort * Udayagiri Fort * East Fort
PortugueseBassein Fort * Bombay Castle * Fort Arnala * Castella de Aguada * Korlai Fort * Madh Fort * St. Angelo Fort * Pallipuram Fort * Fort Aguada * Fort Anjediva * Cranganore Fort * Ghodbunder fort * Diu Fort
British RajFort St. George * Fort William * Bombay Fort * Riwa Fort * Worli Fort * Mazagon Fort * Sion Hillock Fort * Sewri Fort * Mahim Fort * Thalassery Fort * Fort St. David
Durrani EmpireHari Parbat
Suri dynastyRohtasgarh * Munger Fort

Berar-related topics

HistoryBerar Sultanate * Berar Subah * Hyderabad State * Berar Province * Central Provinces and Berar * Madhya Pradesh State * Maharashtra State
FortsGawilgarh Fort * Mahur Fort * Narnala Fort * Balapur Fort * Akola Fort
CitiesEllichpur * Balapur * Mahur * Kalamb * Washim * Mehkar



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