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Gwalior Fort is situated in central India in Madhya Pradesh near Gwalior. The fort is divided into 2 parts with a safer texture. One part is the Gujari Mahal and the second mind temple. It was built by Raja Man Singh Tomar in the 8th century.

In history many kings have kept this control at different times on this fort. Gujari Mahal was sung for Queen Mraganayani. It is now known as a historical museum. The oldest documents related to "zero" were found in a temple on the way to the top of the fort and on this route. It was almost 1500 years.

Gwalior Fort history information

There is no proof of how long it took to build the fort of Gwalior. According to local residents, it was built by King Suraj Sen in the 8th Century. They built it as a blessing in the name of the monk named Gaulipa. It is said that the sadhus had purified the holy water of a tank and had them released from leprosy.

The sage gave him the title of "Pal" and was blessed and blessed. As long as they put this title along with their name, this fort will be under the control of their family. This fort was controlled by 83 successors of Suraj Sen Pal, but Karan of 84th descendants lost this fort.

According to historical documents and evidence, this fort was sure to be in the 10th century, but there is no evidence that it existed before it existed.

But the carvings and structures built on the fort premises also indicate its existence in its 6th century; The reason for this is that some of the documents found in Gwalior Fort are mentioned in the form of a Sun Temple by King Mihirakula of Huna Dynasty. Gurjarra-Pratashasin built the "Temple of Talei" inside the fort in the 9th century.

This fort was under control in the 10th Century near Dewan Kachapaghat of Chandela Dynasty. From the 11th Century Muslim kings attacked the fort. Mahmud Ghazni took the fort for 4 days and returned the fort in exchange for 35 elephants, so mentioned in Tabukati Akbari.

Ghurid Wajir Qutb al Din Aibak, who later became the King of Delhi Sultanate also won the fort after a long battle. After that, again in 1232, Eltumish again captured it on the fort.

In 1398, this fort went under the control of Tomar Rajput Dynasty. Tomar King Man Singh made beautiful constructions inside the fort in the fort. Delhi's Sultan Sikandar Lodhi attacked the fort in 1505, but he did not succeed.

In 1516, Ibrahim Lodhi, the son of Alexander Lodhi, attacked again, Man Singh Tomar sat on the battle in this battle and the Tomar dynasty put arms after a year's struggle.

After 10 years, Mughal emperor Babar captured this fort from Delhi Sultanate but in 1542 the Mughals had to defeat the Fort Gwalior fort from Sher Shah Suri. Babur's grandson Akbar conquered the fort in 1558. Akbar turned the fort into a prison for his political prisoners.

Akbar's cousin Kamran was kept in captivity and was then sentenced to death. Aurangzeb's brother Murad and Bhatijun Solaiman and traveler Sikoro were also sentenced to death in this fort. All these killings were done in the temple of the temple.

After the death of Aurangzeb, the control of this fort was taken near the Rana of Gohad. Maratha King Mahad ji Shinde (Scindia) defeated this fort by defeating Gohad King Rana Chhatar Singh, but soon he lost it to the East India Company.

On August 3, 1780, the British captured Gwalior fort by a midnight guerrilla war led by Capt Pofam and Bruce. In 1780, Governor Warren Hastings returned the rights to the fort to Gohad Rana. Four years later the Marathas again captured the fort.

This time the British did not interfere because they got cheated by Gouhar Rana. Daulat Rao Scindia lost this fort in another Maratha-English war.

Between 1808 and 1844, this fort was once again controlled by the Marathas and in the hands of the British. After the battle of Maharajpur, in January 1844, this fort was given by the British by appointing the Maratha Scindia dynasty as its Diwan.

At the time of the 1857 revolution, about 7,000 soldiers in Gwalior rebelled against the company. At this time, Vasal Raja Jiaji Scindia retained his allegiance to the British. In 1858 the British again captured this fort. The forerunners gave some principals to Jiyyaji but kept the fort occupied by him.

In 1886, the British controlled the whole of India, and for them, there was no special significance for this fort, so they gave it to the Scindia family. The Scindiya House ruled India (1 947) on this fort and built many of them, including Jay Vilas Mahal.

The fort was kept under good supervision and a lot of constructions were done in it, such as palaces, temples, water tanks etc. There are many palaces like Mana Mandir, Gujari Jahangir, Shahjahan. This fort is in the area of ​​3 kilometers and is 35 feet high. Its walls are made from the edges of the mountain and it has been connected with 6 towers.

There are two doors in one north-east and one in the south-west. The name of the main gate is the elephant bridge and the second gate is named by Badalgarh. Manmadir Mahal is located in the north-west, it was built in the 15th century and it was renovated in 1648.

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