Jalalgarh Fort is an almost 300 years old ruined fort located at 20 km north of

Purnia Purnia ()(also romanized as Purnea) is a city that serves as the administrative headquarters of both Purnia district and Purnia division in the Indian state of Bihar. Total geographical area of Purnia Urban Agglomeration is which is nex ...

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. The fort was built by Saif Khan, the Faujdar of Purnea in 1722.

Structure

The fort is a large quadrangular structure and has high walls which helped to protect the wall from Nepalese invasion. The fort is an embodiment of the beauty of Islamic architecture.

Restoration

In January 2012, Bihar Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician, who is serving as Chief Minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previous held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. The leader of the Janata Dal (Unit ...

announced that Government of Bihar would be restoring and repairing the fort. He ordered Purnia district authorities to do this restoration work.

References

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