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Jhansi Fort

India · 11th century

Founded
c. 1050
Heritage status
Monument of National Importance
Location
Jhansi district
Coordinates
25.45809°, 78.57544°
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Jhansi Fort in India
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Description

Jhansi Fort or Jhansi ka Qila is a fortress situated on a large hilltop called Bangira, in Uttar Pradesh. It served as a stronghold of the Karhade Brahmin Kings in Balwant Nagar (old name of Jhansi) from the 11th through the 17th century.

There was another British fortress called the Star Fort which was located south of the main fortress of the town, at Jhansi Cantt. It was a primary British settlement in the town and had been constructed in accordance to a treaty of the British with the Newalkar Maharaja of Jhansi in 1804, through which Jhansi became subordinate to the British. The Star Fort was stormed by a Bengal infantry in June 1857, during the rebellion.

Text adapted from “Jhansi Fort” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Jhansi Fort ranks #2,619 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #100 of the 223 mapped in India. Founded c. 1050, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 439 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,335 times in the last 60 days, more than 84% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how India compares in the castle statistics.

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