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[[File:Aligarh fort, Aligarh.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Moat]] at the Aligarh Fort]] | [[File:Aligarh fort, Aligarh.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Moat]] at the Aligarh Fort]] | ||
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'''Aligarh Fort''' (''Aligarh Qila'') is located in the city of [[Aligarh]] , [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is also called " | '''Aligarh Fort''' (''Aligarh Qila'') is located in the '''patwari nagla''' city of [[Aligarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is also called "Aligarh Qila". Most part of it is damaged and only ruins remain. The [[fort]] is situated near the [[Grand Trunk Road]] and consists of a regular polygon surrounded by a very broad and deep ditch.<ref name="enc">{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Aligarh |volume=1 |page=663}}</ref> | ||
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On its front side the new building of the Dawakhana Tibya college, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh is situated. On its back side there is the Street Number 1 of the Fort Enclave (a posh colony of the university teachers). The back side ( south) of the fort is now identified by the office ( Arafaat, Street Number-1 Fort Enclave) of the National Society for Educational Empowerment of the Masses ( NASEEM) an NGO working particularly for Have-not sections of the locality. To protect the remains of this historic fort its out-boundaries were constructed [as per the 100 m rule of the (ASI)] by the Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh during the tenure of Mr. Mahmoodurrahman the vice chancellor of the varsity. | On its front side the new building of the Dawakhana Tibya college, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh is situated. On its back side there is the Street Number 1 of the Fort Enclave (a posh colony of the university teachers). The back side ( south) of the fort is now identified by the office ( Arafaat, Street Number-1 Fort Enclave) of the National Society for Educational Empowerment of the Masses ( NASEEM) an NGO working particularly for Have-not sections of the locality. To protect the remains of this historic fort its out-boundaries were constructed [as per the 100 m rule of the (ASI)] by the Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh during the tenure of Mr. Mahmoodurrahman the vice chancellor of the varsity. | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[1803 Garhwal earthquake]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||