History of Belguam Fort

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  History of Belguam Fort
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• The fort got its name from the belgaum city.
  Belgaum is a beautiful city in Karnataka, the
  word Belgaum as originated from two words (Bel)
  (Gram), the word Bel means bullock and Gram means
  Village. Earlier in the ancient time Belgaum was
  a grassland, it was the hub of good quality
  bulls, people from all over India use to come to
  trade bulls.
• Historically, Belgaum fort has been always, a
  disputed fort because of Its strategic
  importance. The fort is in the middle of the
  Belgaum city, in Belgaum in the state of
  Karnataka. The city is known as the second
  capital of Karnataka and also Switzerland of
  India, because of its beauty.

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• The Belgaum fort was built in 1204 Ad by the
  officer called Bichi Raja of Ratta Dynasty. The
  city round the fort remained as the capital
  between 1210AD and 1250AD. Later the Yadava
  dynasty of Devgiri won the fort and controlled it
  for a brief time.
• In the 14 century the Khaljis of Delhi captured
  the fort. In 1437 under the leadership of Mahmood
  Gawa, the Bahmani sultanate defeated Khaljis
  and captured the fort. Later the Bahmani split
  into 5 small states and belgaum fort got into the
  hands of Adil Shah. Ismail Adilshah began the
  rule.

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• In the 1686 the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb,
  defeated the Bijapur sultanate and took control
  over it, however, Aurang zeb rule short lived.
  Death of Aurangzeb weakened the Mughals and hence
  it was won by Hyder Ali of Mysore in 1776. Later
  the Peshwas took the control of Maratha empire
  and defeated Hyderali. Later with the help of
  Shivlinga Raju the fort was captured by the
  British by defeating Peshwas.

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 Religious place in Fort

• Jain temple
• There are two jain temples in (Kamal Basadi) and
  (Chikki Basadi). Pf these two temples the Kamal
  Basadi is more famous, it is a Basadi with
  Neminath idol in black stone.
• The second temple Chikki Basadi, in ruin now,
  once was called as remarkable piece of jain
  temple

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Hindu Temple

• There are two main temples in the Belgaum fort,
  one is of lord Ganesh and another is of Goddess
  Durga. Goddess Durga is in multiarmed posture.
  She is considered as the goddess of the Belgaum
  fort.

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Mosque

• There are two Masjids in the fort the Jamia
  masjid and safa Masjid. Safa masjid was built by
  Asad Khan Lari in 1595. The pillars of the
  masjids are from Hindu temple and they are of
  1199Ad, archaeologist says, it was earlier Hindu
  temples
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