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Description: | Photograph of Dhar Fort at Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, taken by an unknown photographer in c.1902. The fort, now ruined, stands outside the town on a low hill. Its construction in 1344 AD is attributed to Muhammad Shah II (ruled 1325-51), a Sultan of Delhi of the Tughluq Dynasty. It is made of red sandstone and surrounded by ramparts with twenty-six bastions. During the Uprising of 1857 it was the scene of one of the first battles of retaliation by the British against Indian revolutionaries who had occupied the fort. British troops under General Stewart bombarded the fort for six days with siege guns, creating a breach. However the freedom fighters were able to escape and on entering the fort, the British found it deserted. This is a view from the north, showing the fort walls with the Kharbuja Mahal, an old palace, which stands on one of the bastions. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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