Udgir Fort in the

Udgir Udgir, is second largest city and municipal council in Latur district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the Marathwada division of the state (one of the divisions of Maharashtra based on geographical conditions). The city i ...

city in Latur district, Maharashtra of India is a fort built in pre-

Bahamani The Bahmani Sultanate, or Deccan, was a Persianate Sunni Muslim Indian Kingdom located in the Deccan region. It was the first independent Muslim kingdom of the Deccan,

age, dating from the twelfth century CE. It is famous for the historic

Battle of Udgir The Battle of Udgir occurred on 3 January 1760 in Udgir between Maratha Empire and the Nizam of Hyderabad. The Marathas under the command of Sadashivrao Bhau defeated the army of Salabat Jung (brother of Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II); wherein ...

of 1760, in which the

Marathas The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a M ...

, led by

Sadashivrao Bhau Sadashivrao Bhau Peshwa (3 August 1730 – 14 January 1761) was son of Chimaji Appa (younger brother of Bajirao I) and Rakhmabai (Pethe family) and the nephew of Baji Rao I. He was a finance minister during the reign of Maratha emperor Chhatra ...

, defeated the Nizam, and after which the Treaty of Udgir was signed. The fort is named after the Hindu Saint Udaygiri Rishi. Scattered throughout the surrounding hills, there are a number of old military observation points and rest houses, built from an unusual white clay. However, all have long since fallen into disrepair. Udgir Fort may also feature a deep tunnel that connects it to the forts of Bhalki and Bidar. The fort is bounded by a trench, and contains several palaces, as well as the

Samadhi ''Samadhi'' (Pali and sa, समाधि), in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness. In Buddhism, it is the last of the eight elements of the Noble Eightfold Path. In the Ashtanga Yoga ...

of Udaygir Maharaj, which is under the normal ground level. It has some rare inscriptions written in Arabic and Persian which testify to the promotion of knowledge and culture by the local Muslim rulers over the centuries. The fort served as a military base of Marathas so as to maintain pressure on the Nijam. The fort was under the control of Marathas until 1818 and later on, it shifted towards Nizam from the British.

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