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{{Infobox military installation<br />
|name = Vairagad Fort<br />
|partof = <br />
|location = [[Gadchiroli district]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
|image = [[File:Vairagad fort.jpg|300px]]<br />
|caption = Vairagad Fort entrance<br />
|map_type=India Maharashtra<br />
|map_size = 300<br />
|map_caption = Shown within [[Maharashtra]]<br />
|type = normal fort<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|20|25|56.8|N|80|05|30.1|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
|materials = Laterite Stone<br />
|height =0 <br />
|used = <br />
|demolished =1818 <br />
|condition = Ruins <br />
|ownership = Government of India<br />
|open_to_public = Yes<br />
}}<br />
Vairagad is a small fort situated in the [[Gadchiroli district]] district of [[Maharashtra]], India, at the confluence of rivers Khobragadhi and Satnalas. The small dusty village of same name is adjacent to the fort. The fort is situated 180&nbsp;km from [[Nagpur]] and 80&nbsp;km from [[Chandrapur]].<br />
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==History==<br />
This village is supposed to have been established in [[Dvapara Yuga]] by a king named Vairacan (Son from a moon family). The city was ruled by the [[Mana dynasty|Mana chiefs]], who about the 9th century fell to the [[Gond people|Gonds]]. The Gonds ruled it along with Garbori and Rajgad. Vairagad once possessed diamond mines and are referred in the [[Ain-i-Akbari]] of [[Abul Fazal]]. On a hill at the foot were supposed to be a mine, now an old [[Idgah (place)|Idgah]], and 108 [[Musalman]] tombs which appear to be of those soldiers killed in the battle when [[Ahmad Shah I Wali|Ahmad Shah Bahamani]] of [[Bahmani Sultanate]] raided Vairagad around 1422. In 1925 the fort was declared as protected monument <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asiaurangabad.in/pdf/notification/Gadchiroli/Fort%20wall%20-%20Wairagrah.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-11-24 |archive-date=2018-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124220328/http://www.asiaurangabad.in/pdf/notification/Gadchiroli/Fort%20wall%20-%20Wairagrah.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Places to visit==<br />
The fortress lies north of the village spread over a {{convert|10|acre|ha|adj=on}} area. There are three gates at the entrance of the fort. A river moat (Khandak) nearly {{convert|15|to|20|ft|m|sigfig=1}} deep runs around the fort. There are many wells inside the fort. The step well with two arches, still containing water, is in a ruined state. there are two rectangular wells with large stone coverings. Presently the Archeology dept artment has taken up work of reconstruction of the main entrance. Outside the fort proper is the tomb of the Gond Prince Durga Sah and a grave of unknown English Girl who is believed to be the daughter of a British commandant of the garrison between 1818 and 1830.<ref>https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/CHANDRAPUR/places_Wairagadh.html</ref><br />
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About a mile from the fort stands a small temple of Bhandareshwar similar in style to the [[Markanda Mahadev, Chamorshi|Markandeya Temple]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of forts in Maharashtra]]<br />
*[[Gadchiroli]]<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery mode=packed heights=140px><br />
Vairagad2.jpg|Main entrance gate<br />
Ruins of Vairagad Fort Wall.jpg|Ruins inside the fort<br />
Vairagad4.jpg|Rectangular well<br />
Vairagad5.jpg|Bastion<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Forts in Maharashtra}}<br />
{{Forts in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Buildings and structures of the Maratha Empire]]<br />
[[Category:16th-century forts in India]]<br />
[[Category:Forts in Vidarbha]]<br />
[[Category:Forts in Maharashtra]]</div>Bot