Koldher Fort is a fort located from
chandwad
Chandwad ( IPA:Cāndavaḍa) is a town located in Nashik district of Maharashtra, India. It is 250 km from Mumbai. The 11th-century Jain Caves, Renuka devi mandir, Chandreshwar temple and Rangmahal are in Chandwad.
Chandwad is a tehsil ...
,
Nashik district
Nashik district,(Marathi: Help:IPA/Marathi, ̪ɑɕɪk formerly known as Nasik district, is a district in Maharashtra, India. The city of Nashik is the administrative headquarters of the district. Nashik is well known for the production of win ...
, of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
. This fort is close to the
Rajdher fort and lies westwards. It requires about 1-2 hours to reach the fort from Rajdher.
History
The history of the fort is similar to that of
Rajdher fort. Captain Briggs visited this fort after it surrendered to
British forces
The British Armed Forces are the unified military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, support international peacekeeping ef ...
by
Maratha Army
The Maratha Army was the land-based armed forces of the Maratha Confederacy, which existed from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries in the Indian subcontinent.
17th century
Shivaji, The great the founder of Maratha Kingdom, raised a small ...
along with other 17 forts after the fall of
Trymbak fort in 1818. Captain Briggs described this fort as a poor stronghold.
How to reach
The nearest town is
Chandwad
Chandwad ( IPA:Cāndavaḍa) is a town located in Nashik district of Maharashtra, India. It is 250 km from Mumbai. The 11th-century Jain Caves, Renuka devi mandir, Chandreshwar temple and Rangmahal are in Chandwad.
Chandwad is a tehsil ...
which is 66 km from
Nashik
Nashik, formerly Nasik, is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra situated on the banks of the river Godavari, about northeast of the state capital Mumbai.
Nashik is one of the Hindu pilgrimage sites of the Kumbh ...
. The base village of the fort is Rajdeherwadi which is 11 km from Chandwad. There are good hotels at Chandwad. The trekking path starts from the hillock west of the Rajdeherwadi. The route is very safe and wide. There are no trees on the trekking route. It takes about two hours to reach the ascent of the fort. The path leading to Koldher is southwards from the Rajdher fort.
Places to see
The fort is large but easy to ascent. There is hardly few structures left on the fort. There are good rock-cut granaries and store houses on the fort. There is no water available on the fort.
See also
*
List of forts in Maharashtra
The Forts of Maharashtra are often referred to as ''Green Canyon of India''.
This is a list of forts in Maharashtra, a state of India.(District)
* Harshal Fort (Nashik district, Nashik)
* Agashi Fort
* Ahmednagar Fort
* Mandar Fort
* Ajinky ...
*
List of forts in India
This is a list of forts in India.
Andhra Pradesh
Coastal Region
* Anvika Fort
* Addanki Fort - Prakasam district
* Bellamkonda Fort - Guntur district
* Bobbili Fort – Vizianagaram district
* Dharanikota Fort – Guntur district
* Du ...
*
Marathi People
The Marathi people (; Marathi language, Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They ...
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Maratha Navy
The Maratha Navy was the maritime component of the military forces of the Maratha Confederacy, active along the western coast of India from the mid-17th to early 19th century. It was established under the leadership of Chhatrapati Shivaji in ...
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List of Maratha dynasties and states
This is a list of Maratha dynasties and Maratha princely states in the Indian subcontinent.
Maratha States
The Maratha Salute state and Head of State by precedence
* Baroda, title Maharaja Gaikwad, Hereditary salute of 21-guns
* Gwalior, tit ...
*
Maratha War of Independence
The Deccan wars were a series of military conflicts between the Mughal Empire and the descendants of the Maratha ruler Shivaji from the time of Shivaji's death in 1680 until the death of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707. Shivaji was a central figur ...
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Battles involving the Maratha Empire
This is a list of the battles involving the Maratha Confederacy, and earlier the Maratha Rebellion under Shivaji till its dissolution in 1818.
References
Sources
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Further reading
* "The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India ...
*
Maratha Army
The Maratha Army was the land-based armed forces of the Maratha Confederacy, which existed from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries in the Indian subcontinent.
17th century
Shivaji, The great the founder of Maratha Kingdom, raised a small ...
*
Maratha titles
The following list includes a brief about the titles of nobility or orders of chivalry used by the Marathas of India and by the Marathis/ Konkanis in general.
Titles used by the Maratha Royals
The titles used by royalty, aristocracy and nobil ...
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Military history of India
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References
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Buildings and structures of the Maratha Empire
Forts in Nashik district
16th-century forts in India