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| name = Najibabad Fort<br />
| partof = [[Rohilkhand]]<br />
| location = Najibabad, [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| image = Patthargarh fort outside Najibabad, 1814-15.jpg<br />
| caption = Najibabad Fort in 1814<br />
| map_type = India Uttar Pradesh<!-- India Uttar Pradesh --><br />
| map_size = 250<br />
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| map_caption = Shown within [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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| built = 1755; {{age in years|1755}} years ago<br />
| builder = [[Najib ad-Dawlah]]<br />
| materials = Stone, lime and lead<br />
| height = {{cvt|40|ft|m|order=flip}}{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}<br />
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| condition = Good<br />
| ownership = [[Government of India]]; [[Archaeological Survey of India]]<br />
| open_to_public = 10 am to 6 pm<br />
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| occupants = [[Mughal Empire]], [[British Raj]]<br />
| battles = Siege of Najibabad (1800)<br />
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'''Najibabad Fort''', also known as '''Sultana Daku Qila''' and '''Pathargarh Fort''', is an 18th-century [[Fortification|fort]] in [[Najibabad]], [[Bijnor district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. It was built in 1755 by the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] minister [[Najib ad-Dawlah]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Codingest |title=SULTANA DAKU KA QILA OR PATTHAR GARH KA QILA, NAJIBABAD, BIJNORE |url=https://www.studiodharma.in/sultana-daku-ka-qila-or-patthar-garh-ka-qilanajibabadbijnore |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=STUDIO DHARMA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Najibabad Sultana Fort {{!}} Bijnor {{!}} India |url=https://bijnor.nic.in/tourist-place/najibabad-2/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Colin |title=Patthargarh fort outside Najibabad, with the mountains beyond |url=https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/p/019addor0004777u00000000.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.bl.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=Arjun |title=When monuments go missing! |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/HiddenHeritage/when-monuments-go-missing/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1815-01-01 |title=Patthargarh fort outside Najibabad, 1814-15 |url=https://picryl.com/media/patthargarh-fort-outside-najibabad-1814-15-8e7cd4 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=British Library |language=en}}</ref><br />
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No longer in active military use, the former fort is a [[List of Monuments of National Importance in Agra circle|Monument of National Importance]], administered by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_uttarpradesh_agra.asp |title=List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of Agra - Archaeological Survey of India |date= |website= |publisher=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] |access-date=2016-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721180402/http://www.asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_uttarpradesh_agra.asp |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Forts in India]]<br />
* [[List of forts in India]]<br />
* [[List of Monuments of National Importance in Agra circle]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Forts in Uttar Pradesh}}<br />
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[[Category:18th-century forts in India]]<br />
[[Category:Bijnor district]]<br />
[[Category:Forts in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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