Sangni Fort also known as Sangani Killa is a

fort A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

of Sikh Period near the village

Takal Takal is the biggest village in Choha Khalsa Union Council of Kallar Syedan Tehsil, Rawalpindi District of Punjab, Pakistan. Nearby towns include Bewal and Choha Khalsa. The village named after a Sikh – Tikka Lal Singh. It is located abou ...

Kallar Syedan Tehsil Kallar Syedan is a tehsil in the Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. Earlier a part of the Kahuta Tehsil, it became a separate tehsil on 1 July 2004. Kallar Syedan is the capital of the tehsil. Demography According to the 2017 census of Paki ...

Rawalpindi District Rawalpindi District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a district located in the northernmost part of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Parts of the district form part of the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropolitan area. Rawalpindi city is the district capi ...

, in

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, Pakistan.

History

The fort was built in the Sikh Period (1799–1849). This area came under

Sandhawalia Sandhawalia or Sandhanwalia is a Jat clan of present-day India and Pakistan. History The members of one particular Sandhanwalia Jat Sikh family occupied important positions in the Sikh Confederacy. The progenitor of this family was Choudhary Ch ...

Jat The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subse ...

ruler Maharaja

Ranjit Singh Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839), popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab or "Lion of Punjab", was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He s ...

in 1814. It was built to control the area and to facilitate tax collection. The British made this area part of

Bewal Bewal ( Punjabi and ur, بیول) is a town and Union Council in Pakistan's Punjab province. It is situated in the eastern part of Gujar Khan Tehsil, in Rawalpindi District Rawalpindi District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a district located ...

. Gradually the fort lost its importance and became obscure. The keepers of a nearby obscure shrine moved the shrine to this fort. The fort is in good condition with intact walls but the inside is altered and decorated due to the presence of the shrine of Sahibzada Abdul Hakeem.

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