Achalpur Fort

We had done a 12 fort trek in 3 days in the districts of Amravati , Akola and Buldhana from 26-28 Feb 2010 so the information about the forts will be added now in sequence. We started with the fort of Achalpur in Amravati district. Fort: Achalpur Type: Land Fort Base: Achalpur village (Amravati District - Maharashtra)
Grade: Easy

Route : Amravati - Velgaon - Achalpur (~50 kms )

We started from Pune on 25th Feb for the Vidharbh trek and reached Amravati the next day 26th Feb. We had hired a sumo to take us through all these places of the trek. The first fort on the circuit was Achalpur Fort.

It took about 1 hour to get to Achalpur from Amravati via Paratwada. We missed some turns and sometime later we were near the gates of the Achalpur fort. Achalpur also known as Ellichpur (by the British) was an important place and was located in the then Berar district (now Amravati). The fort is a land fort and most of it is gone to the modern civilization but some entrance doors, bastions and walls are still intact.

The gates of Achalpur Fort

Inside the fort now there is a city
The intact walls and bastions of Achalpur Fort

History : Achalpur was ruled by the Muslim Delhi Sultanate from 1294 and that is when the fort must have been constructed. From Achalpur we started for Gawilgad fort near Chikhaldhara and about 50 kms approx from Achalpur.