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'''Tera Fort''' is one of the many forts of [[Kutch District|Kutch]], [[Gujarat]], India. It is situated in southwestern Kutch near the village of [[Tera, Kutch|Tera]] in [[Abdasa Taluka]].<br />
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==Location==<br />
Tera Fort lies eighty-five kilometres west of the town of Bhuj. It dominates the plains of Kutch from its position on the banks of Tretara (Three lakes) namely Chattasar, Sumerasar and Chatasar.<ref>[http://nrigujarati.co.in/tourism/106/Fort/tera-fort.html Tera fort | Tera fort in Kutchh Gujarat India | Fort of Kutchh | Fort of Gujarat | Nri Gujarati Tourism Places Tera fort<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.kutchforever.com/Forts.aspx Forts & Fortresses | KutchForever.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Tera Fort was built by one of the [[Jadeja]] Chiefs, who was given the estate of Tera during the reign of Deshalji I (1718-1741).<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Kutch|publisher=KutchForever.com |url=http://www.kutchforever.com/History.aspx?catalog=08}}</ref><br />
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Tera Fort was badly damaged in a war that was fought during the reign of Maharao [[Lakhpatji]] (ruled 1741-1760). Sumraji Thakore of Tera, the chief of Tera Estate, spoke badly of the Rao of Kutch. Lakhpatji sent an army to Tera, to subdue the revolt. For the first time in history of Kutch, artillery power was used in war. This artillery was set up by the famous [[Ram Singh Malam]].<ref>{{Cite book|author=Lethbridge, Roper|year=1893|title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150766/page/n297 274]|oclc=3104377}}</ref> The cannon power destroyed most of the fort. The war ended after three months of siege, when Sumraji surrendered and gave a formal apology for his remarks.<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=L. F. Rushbrook| authorlink = Rushbrook Williams |title=The Black Hills: Kutch in History and Legend: A study in Indian local loyalties|year=1958|publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson|pages=137}}</ref><br />
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The walls of the fort was damaged in [[1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake]] which were repaired later.<ref name="gbp">{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLUBAAAAYAAJ|year=1880|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press|page=252}}</ref><br />
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The fort is now one of the tourist attractions of the Kutch.<ref>[http://adayinlife.timesofindia.com/photoDisplay.php?photoId=49327 tera fort Photo from Incredible India<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811034254/http://adayinlife.timesofindia.com/photoDisplay.php?photoId=49327 |date=2011-08-11 }}</ref><br />
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