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Naldurg Fort ranks #3,296 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #127 of the 223 mapped in India. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,988 times in the last 60 days, more than 69% of the atlas. See how India compares in the castle statistics.
Naldurg Fort is a historic fort in Naldurg town of Dharashiv district in Maharashtra state of India. Naldurg Fort is named after Nalraja who built the fort in medieval architectural style. The unique feature of the fort is that it encloses a knoll of basalt rock which juts out into the valley of the small Bori River and a long fortification wall with many bastions. The Naldurg fort is one of the important ground forts in the Marathwada region.
Legends say that the fort was established by a King Nala, however It is likely that it was built during the Western Chalukya era. Over the centuries, it passed through the hands of the Bahmani Sultanate, the Adil Shahi dynasty, and the Mughals, before becoming part of the Nizam of Hyderabad's domain. It was a site of both governance and culture, famously hosting the marriage of Chand Bibi and serving as the burial site of notable figures like Nawab Amir Nawazul Mulk Bahadur.
Text adapted from “Naldurg Fort” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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