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	[[File:Rupgad4.JPG\|right\|thumb\|300x300px\|Rupgadh Fort from South side.]]		[[File:Rupgad4.JPG\|right\|thumb\|300x300px\|Rupgadh Fort from South side.]]
	'''Rupgadh Fort''' or '''Roopgadh Fort''' is a fort located in [[Dang District, India\|Dang district]] of [[Gujarat]], India.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-gujarat-finds-170-new-heritage-sites-1345338\|title=Gujarat finds 170 new heritage sites {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis\|date=9 February 2010\|newspaper=dna\|language=en-US\|access-date=22 June 2017}}</ref> This fort is an example of 17th-century Dangi mountain architecture.		'''Rupgadh Fort''' or '''Roopgadh Fort''' is a fort located in [[Dang District, India\|Dang district]] of [[Gujarat]], India.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-gujarat-finds-170-new-heritage-sites-1345338\|title=Gujarat finds 170 new heritage sites {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis\|date=9 February 2010\|newspaper=dna\|language=en-US\|access-date=22 June 2017}}</ref> Rupgarh Fort was originally the fort of the Bhil kings which was later taken over by the Gaekwads.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Desai \|first=govindbhai H. Comp \|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.94278 \|title=Gazetteer Of The Baroda State,vol.2,administration \|date=1923\|page=687}}</ref> This fort is an example of 17th-century Dangi mountain architecture.

	== History ==		== History ==

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[[File:Rupgad4.JPG|right|thumb|300x300px|Rupgadh Fort from South side.]]
'''Rupgadh Fort''' or '''Roopgadh Fort''' is a fort located in [[Dang District, India|Dang district]] of [[Gujarat]], India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-gujarat-finds-170-new-heritage-sites-1345338|title=Gujarat finds 170 new heritage sites {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=9 February 2010|newspaper=dna|language=en-US|access-date=22 June 2017}}</ref> This fort is an example of 17th-century Dangi mountain architecture.

== History ==
Pilaji Rao Gaikwad of [[Gaikwad]] dynasty built this fort in 1721 and made [[Songadh]] the capital of his state. His son [[Damaji Rao Gaekwad|Damaji Rao]] shifted the capital to [[Vadodara]] later.

== Fort ==
Fort has water storage facilities and a place to store ammunition and food.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dang District Panchayat {{!}} About District {{!}} Historical Places {{!}} The Fort of Roop Gadh (Kalibel)|url = http://dangdp.gujarat.gov.in/dang/english/jilla-vishe/historical-places-9.htm|website = dangdp.gujarat.gov.in|accessdate = 2015-09-27}}</ref> This fort is 1,670 feet above sea level, a climb of 780 feet from the Bhangrapani forest checkpost.

There is water sprint on the north direction of fort and a small temple of [[Hanuman]] beside it. A few cannons lie near this temple. One can reach the fort using two routes. A vehicle can reach the fort from Kalibel village via Popatbari village in an hour. From the north side, Vadirupgadh village of [[Songadh]] can be used to reach the fort.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Rupagad fort1.JPG|Fort from south
File:Rupgad3.JPG|Water tank
File:Rupgad fort2.JPG|Bhangrapani checkpost
File:Rupgad5.JPG|Ruins of the fort
File:Rupgad6.JPG|Fort from north
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://pandyadhaval.blogspot.com/2011/12/roopgadh-fort-dangs-gujarat.html Information about Roopgadh Fort]

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