Narnala Fort

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Narnala Fort on a isolated hill of Satpuda range is 3000 feet above mean sea level.This was built in 10y\thAD by Gond Kings and named after a Rajput ruler Narnal Singh.
The Narnala fort / Shahnoor fort re-built by the Sultan Mahmoud Gazhnavi because he is a follower of Bagh-sawar wali Hazrat Burhanuddin the maintain after Imad shahi dynesty and after this Akbar invaded Berar maintained by Mughals. Mughals recreated the Narnala Fort with Mughal architecture and built mosque at the fort.By his killedar, Shah Dulha Rehman Ghazi of Ellichpur (now Achalpur) was maternal cusion of sultan Mehmoud Ghaznavi and maternal grand son of sultan Nasiruddin Alaptagueen he was marched for battle against rajah Eil.Through the route of Shahnoor fort he was stay here threefold night and pray Ahmad Shah Bahamani got the fort repaired around 1425 when he constructed Gavilgad with a view to obstructing the invaders from the north frontier of his kingdom. Nearly all the present buildings seem to be of Muhammedan origin.Afterwards it went in the hands of Maratha followers of Shivaji Maharaj,Peshwavas again occupied by Nizam in 1572 and finally with the British rulers on January 18th 1818.
The fort has unique and excellent network of aqueduct and drains to catch rainwater in 19 small and large tanks (cisterns), four of which are full throughout the year, this ensured a plentiful water supply to the fort residents.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narnala
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Coordinates:   21°14'15"N   77°1'41"E

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