Burail Fort is a fort situated in Sector 45 of

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

, India (presently). It was built during the

Mughal period The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of pre ...

. It remained under the control of the Mughal Faujdar up till 1712 CE.

Gallery

Burail fort, Chandigarh, India 02.JPG, Northeast side pillar Burail fort, Chandigarh, India 03.JPG, Northwest side pillar Burail fort, Chandigarh, India 04.JPG, Southwest side pillar Burail fort, Chandigarh, India 05.JPG, Ruined gate Burail fort, Chandigarh, India 06.JPG, Brief history of the fort in the Punjabi language

References

{{reflist Monuments and memorials in Punjab, India Buildings and structures in Chandigarh Forts in Punjab, India Tourist attractions in Chandigarh History of Chandigarh