Mangalgad, also known as Kangori, is a fort in
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
near the village of
Dudhanewadi.
Kangori, or Mangalgad Fort, is in the
Mahad sub-division about east by south from Mahad town.
How to reach
The fort is built on the top of a steep and treeless spur of the
Sahyadris, high, and is reached by a narrow and rugged path about two miles long. The fort is from east to west and from north to south.
It takes about 2 hours trekking time to reach the fort from the base village Dudhanewadi.
History
Mangalgad was built by Chandrarao More of
Jawli. It was one of seven forts captured by Shivaji in 1648. It was the place of confinement of Chitursing the brother of the Raja of Satara, from 1812 till his death in 1818. In 1817 Cornets Hunter and Morrison, two English officers on the Madras establishment, on their way from Hyderabad to Poona with a small escort were caught at Uruli twenty miles east of Poona, and imprisoned here. Some time after, by Gokhla's orders, they were removed to
Vasota
Vasota Fort (also called Vyaghragad (व्याघ्रगड)) is located in Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
History
It was famously defended by Tai Telin a mistress of Pant Pratinidhi a killedar of the fort when he was c ...
in
Satara, and, on the destruction of that fort in April 1817, they were restored to freedom. In 1818 Kangori was taken by Colonel Prother, after the fall of
Raigad fort
Raigad is a hill fort situated in Mahad, Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. It is one of the strongest fortresses on the Deccan Plateau. It was previously known as Rairee or Rairy fort.
Many constructions and structures on Raigad were b ...
.
Places to see
The buildings and the gateway are in ruins but a part of the rampart remains. Within the rampart is a ruined temple and a rock-cut cistern, but no building of any size or interest. Mangalgad consists of a single temple, called
Kangori Devi Temple, with
cisterns at the top. The
wada and prison are both in ruins.
References
See also
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List of forts in Maharashtra
This is list of forts in Maharashtra a state of India
# Achala Fort (Nashik)
# Agashi Fort
# Ahmednagar Fort
# Ahivant Fort
# Ajinkyatara
# Akola Fort
# Akluj Fort
# Alang Fort
# Ambolgad
# Anjaneri
# Anjanvel Fort
# Ankai Fort
# Antur For ...
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