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{{Short description|15th-century Indian fort}} | |||
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{{Infobox military installation | {{Infobox military installation | ||
|name = Paranda Fort | | name = Paranda Fort | ||
|partof = | | partof = Paranda Town | ||
|location = [[Osmanabad District | | location = [[Osmanabad District, Maharashtra]], India | ||
|image = | | image = Paranda Fort.png | ||
|caption = | | caption = | ||
|map_type = | | map_type = | ||
|coordinates = | | coordinates = | ||
|map_size = | | map_size = | ||
|map_caption = | | map_caption = | ||
|type = | | type = Hill Fort | ||
|code = | | code = | ||
|built = | | built = | ||
|builder = Unknown | | builder = Unknown | ||
|materials = Stone, Lead | | materials = Stone, Lead | ||
|height = | | height = | ||
|nearest_town = | | nearest_town = Paranda | ||
|used = | | used = | ||
|demolished = | | demolished = | ||
|condition = | | condition = Better | ||
|ownership = Archaeological Survey Of India, Government of India | | ownership = Archaeological Survey Of India, Government of India | ||
|open_to_public = Yes | | open_to_public = Yes | ||
|controlledby =[[Mahmud Gawan]] | | controlledby = [[Mahmud Gawan]] | ||
|garrison = | | garrison = | ||
|current_commander = | | current_commander = | ||
|commanders = | | commanders = | ||
|occupants = | | occupants = | ||
|battles = | | battles = | ||
|events = | | events = | ||
|image2 = | | image2 = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
'''Paranda Fort''' is situated in [[Paranda]], a small town in the [[Osmanabad district]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]], India. It is protected monument by the Archaeological Survey Of India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Protected Monuments in Maharashtra|url=https://asi.nic.in/protected-monuments-in-maharashtra/|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> The fort may have been constructed in the 15th century by [[Mahmud Gawan]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Paranda Fort|url=https://tourism.webindia123.com/tourism/monuments/forts/Paranda_Fort/index.htm|publisher=webindia|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> or by [[Murtaza Nizam Shah II]] in the early 1600s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paranda Fort |url=https://osmanabad.gov.in/tourist-place/paranda-fort/ |publisher=Government of Maharashtra |access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref>Paranda has great historical value and finde mention in Honnati inscription of Baka 1045] (A.D. 1924) and also later few of the Kalyan Chalukyan an copper | '''Paranda Fort''' is situated in [[Paranda]], a small town in the [[Osmanabad district]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]], India. It is protected monument by the Archaeological Survey Of India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Protected Monuments in Maharashtra|url=https://asi.nic.in/protected-monuments-in-maharashtra/|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> The fort may have been constructed in the 15th century by [[Mahmud Gawan]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Paranda Fort|url=https://tourism.webindia123.com/tourism/monuments/forts/Paranda_Fort/index.htm|publisher=webindia|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> or by [[Murtaza Nizam Shah II]] in the early 1600s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paranda Fort |url=https://osmanabad.gov.in/tourist-place/paranda-fort/ |publisher=Government of Maharashtra |access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> Paranda has great historical value and finde mention in Honnati inscription of Baka 1045] (A.D. 1924) and also later a few of the Kalyan Chalukyan an [[Copper|copper plates]]. As well as in Yadava epigraphs, as Pallyanda Pratyandaka. The fort is attraction in this Paranda town and is known to have been built by Mahmud Gavan, the Prime Ministar of Muhammad Shah Bahmani 2. | ||
Paranda fort is a solid construction of | Paranda fort is a solid construction of mediaeval age. It's rampart walls being fortified by 26 strong rounded bastions, one of which tank the main entrance on the northern side. Further it has a protective maat or khandak around connected with the fort by ance wooden draw bridge Some of the bastions in strategic places are mounted with huge cannons which can aver be seen today. These were mostly cast by Dutch craftsmen and one of them bears the name Husain Arabs, an Arab engineer in the service of the Bijapur. In one of the store rooms there are a few more cannons of which one is quite huge and an which is inscribed "Sarkar Nabab Mir Nizam All Khan Nearly 300 [[cannon]] bolls are found stored in yut another rooms. | ||
Paranda fort is now a state protected monument under the Maharashtra Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites & Remains Act. 1960. | Paranda fort is now a state protected monument under the Maharashtra Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites & Remains Act. 1960. | ||