Akola Fort: Difference between revisions

Its earliest form of mud was made by one Akol Singh to protect the village. He saw a hare chasing a dog and considering this to be an auspicious sign, he built an earthen wall here to protect the village. Akola was heavily fortified in 1697 CE during the reign of [[Aurangzeb]] by Asad Khan,<ref name="fof"/> from whom the fort took its name (Asadgad). While at The time of Chatrapati sambhaji Maharaj Maratha army had chased Mughal troop up to Akola and Murtijapur to terror over mughal for the safety of  people.  In 1803, [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] camped here before proceeding to win the Battle of [[Adgaon|Argaon]] in the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]].<ref name="annual">{{cite book|last=Blackinston|first=J.F.|title=Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India|publisher=Government of India|year=1927|url=https://archive.org/stream/annualreportofth030750mbp/annualreportofth030750mbp_djvu.txt|access-date=2009-02-03}}</ref> The fortress was dismantled by the [[British Raj]] in about 1870. It was reported in 1910 in a district gazetteer that the central part of the fort (the ''hawakhana'') was  used as a school.<ref name="gazette">{{cite web|url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/AKOLA/places_Akola.html|title=Akola District Gazetteer|access-date=2009-02-04}}</ref>