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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox historic site
{{Infobox historic site
| name           = Kumbhalgarh
| name = Kumbhalgarh Fort
| native_name     =  
| native_name = कुम्भलगढ़ दुर्ग
| native_language =  
| native_language = [[Rajasthani languages| Rajasthani]]
| image           = Walls of Kumbhalgarh.jpg
| image = Walls of Kumbhalgarh.jpg
| caption         = Bastions of Kumbalgarh Fort
| caption = Bastions of Kumbalgarh Fort, [[Rajsamand district]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| location       = [[Rajsamand district]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| location = [[Rajsamand district]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| type           = [[fortress]]
| type = [[Fortress]]
| coordinates     = {{coord|25|8|56|N|73|34|49|E|display=title, inline}}
| coordinates = {{coord|25|8|56|N|73|34|49|E|display=title, inline}}
| built           = 15th century
| built = 15th century
| architect       =  
| architect =  
| architecture   =  
| architecture =  
| governing_body =  
| governing_body =  
| owner           =  
| owner =  
| area           = {{convert|268|ha|sqmi|abbr=on}} (662 acres)
| area = {{convert|268|ha|sqmi|abbr=on}} (662 acres)
| locmapin       = Rajasthan#India
| locmapin = Rajasthan#India
| map_caption     =  
| map_caption =  
| designation1   = WHS
| designation1 = WHS
  | designation1_partof = [[Hill Forts of Rajasthan]]
| designation1_partof = [[Hill Forts of Rajasthan]]
  | designation1_date = [[List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription#2013 (36th session)|2013]] <small>(36th [[World Heritage Committee|session]])</small>
| designation1_date = [[List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription#2013 (36th session)|2013]] <small>(36th [[World Heritage Committee|session]])</small>
  | designation1_type = Cultural
| designation1_type = Cultural
  | designation1_criteria = ii, iii
| designation1_criteria = ii, iii
  | designation1_number = [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/247 247]
| designation1_number = [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/247 247]
  | designation1_free1name = State Party
| designation1_free1name = [[Country]]
  | designation1_free1value = India
| designation1_free1value = {{flag|India}}
  | designation1_free2name = Region
| designation1_free2name = [[Region]]
  | designation1_free2value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Asia|South Asia]]
| designation1_free2value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Asia|South Asia]]
| designation2 =  
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}}
}}
'''Kumbhalgarh''' (literally "'''Kumbhal fort'''") also known as the '''Great Wall of India''' is a [[Mewar]] fortress on the westerly range of Aravalli Hills, in the [[Rajsamand district]] near [[Udaipur]] of [[Rajasthan]] state in western [[India]]. It is a [[World Heritage Site]] included in [[Hill Forts of Rajasthan]]. It was built during the 15th century by [[Rana Kumbha]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Incredible India {{!}} Kumbhalgarh|url=https://www.incredibleindia.org/content/incredibleindia/en/destinations/kumbhalgarh.html#:~:text=The%20wall%20of%20Kumbhalgarh%20Fort,the%20Great%20Wall%20of%20China.|access-date=2021-10-29|website=www.incredibleindia.org}}</ref>
'''Kumbhalgarh''' (literally "'''Kumbhal fort'''") also known as the '''Great Wall of India''' is a [[Mewar]] fortress on the westerly range of Aravalli Hills, just about 48 km from [[Rajsamand|Rajsamand city]] in the [[Rajsamand district]] of the [[Rajasthan]] state in western [[India]]. It is located about 84 km from [[Udaipur]]. It is a [[World Heritage Site]] included in [[Hill Forts of Rajasthan]]. It was built during the 15th century by [[Rana Kumbha]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Incredible India {{!}} Kumbhalgarh|url=https://www.incredibleindia.org/content/incredibleindia/en/destinations/kumbhalgarh.html#:~:text=The%20wall%20of%20Kumbhalgarh%20Fort,the%20Great%20Wall%20of%20China.|access-date=2021-10-29|website=www.incredibleindia.org}}</ref>


In 2013, at the 37th session of the [[World Heritage Committee]] held in [[Phnom Penh]], [[Cambodia]], Kumbhalgarh Fort, along with five other forts of Rajasthan, was declared a [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]] under the group [[Hill Forts of Rajasthan]].
In 2013, at the 37th session of the [[World Heritage Committee]] held in [[Phnom Penh]], [[Cambodia]], Kumbhalgarh Fort, along with five other forts of Rajasthan, was declared a [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]] under the group [[Hill Forts of Rajasthan]].
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Six forts of Rajasthan, namely, [[Amber Fort]], [[Chittor Fort]], [[Gagron Fort]], [[Jaisalmer Fort]], Kumbhalgarh and [[Ranthambore Fort]] were included in the [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] list during the 37th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh during June 2013. They were recognized as a serial cultural property and examples of Rajput military hill architecture.<ref>{{cite news|title=Heritage Status for Forts|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3028072831.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204129/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3028072831.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=5 July 2015|date=28 June 2013|publisher=Eastern Eye|via=[[HighBeam Research]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Iconic Hill Forts on UN Heritage List|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-334781049.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924154401/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-334781049.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=5 July 2015|date=22 June 2013|publisher=Mail Today|location=New Delhi, India|via=[[HighBeam Research]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
Six forts of Rajasthan, namely, [[Amber Fort]], [[Chittor Fort]], [[Gagron Fort]], [[Jaisalmer Fort]], Kumbhalgarh and [[Ranthambore Fort]] were included in the [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] list during the 37th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh during June 2013. They were recognized as a serial cultural property and examples of Rajput military hill architecture.<ref>{{cite news|title=Heritage Status for Forts|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3028072831.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204129/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3028072831.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=5 July 2015|date=28 June 2013|publisher=Eastern Eye|via=[[HighBeam Research]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Iconic Hill Forts on UN Heritage List|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-334781049.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924154401/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-334781049.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=5 July 2015|date=22 June 2013|publisher=Mail Today|location=New Delhi, India|via=[[HighBeam Research]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
This fort (Kumbhalgarh) is previously described as {{ws|[[s:Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836/The Fortress of Bowrie, in Rajpootana|The Fortress of Bowrie, in Rajpootana]]}}, as painted by [[William Westall]] with an engraving in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836<ref> {{cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=2dBbAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA72|section=picture|year=1835|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.}}{{cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=2dBbAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA74|section=text|year=1835|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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