Nanded Fort

Fort : Nanded fort
Location : Nanded city
Type : Land fort
District : Nanded
Route : Nanded City - Arab Galli.

After visiting Mahur we halted for the day in Nanded city. Nanded city is famous for Gurudwara , Guru Gobind Singh a guru of the Sikhs supposedly attained martyrdom in Nanded hence a Gurudwara was built here. Nanded fort is located on the banks of the Godawari river and is located in the old city. The place is known as Arab Galli and is quite filthy with very small roads to go in. The fort is now part of the water pumping station at Nanded and most of it is dilapidated. Inside the fort there are some broken structures , a bastion and a beautiful lake and some cannons.

There is no notable history of the fort or its rulers , however there are references to this fort goes back to 7th Century BC when it was ruled by the Magadh Kingdom. Nanded was under the rule of Nizam of Hyderabad too and was amalgamated into Maharashtra after the Nizams rule ended