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'{{For|the town in Chhattisgarh|Raigarh}} {{distinguish|Rajgad Fort}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2012}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox military installation | name = Raigad Fort | partof = | location = [[Raigad District]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />(near [[Mahad]]) | image = Raigad fort towers.jpg | caption = Raigad Fort towers | pushpin_map =India Maharashtra#India | pushpin_mapsize =300 | pushpin_map_caption =Shown within [[Maharashtra]] | coordinates = {{coord|18.2335|73.4406|type:landmark_region:IN-MH|format=dms|display=inline}} | type = Hill fort | code = | height = {{convert|1356|m|ft|-2}} ASL | ownership = Government of India | controlledby = {{flagcountry|Maratha Empire}} {{small|(1656-1689) }} {{flagicon image|Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg}}[[Mughal Empire]] {{small|(1689-1707)}} {{flagcountry|Maratha Empire}} {{small|(1707-1818)}} {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} * {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} [[East India Company]] (<small>1818-1857</small>) * {{flagicon image|British Raj Red Ensign.svg}} [[British Raj]] (<small>1857-1947</small>) {{flagcountry|India}} {{small|(1947-)}} | open_to_public = Yes | condition = | built = | builder = Hiroji Indalkar | used = | materials = Stone, Lead | demolished = | battles = | current_commander = | past_commanders = [[Shivaji]] | occupants = [[Sambhaji]] | events = }} '''Raigad''' is a [[hill fort]] situated in the [[Mahad]], [[Raigad district]] of [[Maharashtra]], India. The Raigad Fort was seized by Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and made it his capital in 1674 when he was crowned as the King of a Maratha Kingdom which later developed into the [[Maratha Empire]], eventually covering much of western and central India.<ref name=imp>{{cite web | title =Raigarh |publisher=[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]], Volume 21|pages= 47–48|year=1909| url = http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_053.gif| accessdate = 2014-02-19 }}</ref> The fort rises {{convert|820|m|ft|-2}} above the sea level and is located in the [[Sahyadri]] mountain range. There are approximately 1737 steps leading to the fort. The [[Raigad Ropeway]], an [[aerial tramway]] exists to reach the top of the fort in 10 minutes. The fort was looted and destroyed by the British after it was captured in 1818.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">==History== [[File:The Ghats from Ryghur.jpg|thumb|left|The Ghats from Ryghur]] Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj seized the fort in 1656, then known as the fort of ''Rairi'' from ''Raje Chandrarraoji More'', The King of Jawli and a descendant of [[Chandragupta Maurya]] family.</span> == इतिहास == [[फाइलः रघुगंजमधील घाट | थंब | डावीकडे | रायगूरमधील घाट]] छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांनी 1656 मध्ये किल्ला जिंकला, नंतर त्यांना 'राजे' येथून 'राई' किल्ला म्हणून ओळखले गेले. चंद्रराओजी मोरे ', जवळीचा राजा आणि [[चंद्रगुप्त मौर्य]] कुटूंबाचा वंशज.</span> <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">Chatrapati Shivaji renovated and expanded the fort of Rairi and renamed it as Raigad (''King's Fort'').</span> छत्रपती शिवाजीने नवी मुंबईचे किल्ला बांधले आणि त्याचे विस्तार केले आणि त्याचे नाव रायगड ('किंग्स किल्ला') असे ठेवले.</span> <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">It became the capital of Chatrapati Shivaji's Maratha kingdom.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} The villages of Pachad and Raigadwadi are located at the base of the Raigad fort.</span> हे छत्रपती शिवाजी मराठा साम्राज्याचे राजधानी बनले. {{उद्धरण आवश्यक | तारीख = जानेवारी 2016}} रायगड किल्ल्याच्या पायथ्याशी पचड आणि रायगडवाडीचे गाव आहेत.</span> <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">These two villages were considered very important during the Maratha rule in Raigad.</span> रायगडमधील मराठ्यांच्या शासनकाळात या दोन गावांना फार महत्वाचे मानले गेले.</span> <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">The actual climb to the top of the Raigad fort starts from Pachad.</span> रायगडाच्या किल्ल्याच्या वरच्या चढापर्यंत पोचदपासून सुरुवात होते.</span> <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">During Chhatrapati Shivaji's rule, A cavalry of 10,000 was always kept on standby in Pachad village.</span> छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांच्या शासनकाळात, पचाड गावामध्ये दहा हजारांचा घुसखोर नेहमीच ठेवलेला होता.</span> <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} After capturing Rairi from Chandrarao More, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj also built another fort [[Lingana]] around 2 miles away from Raigad.</span> {{उद्धरण आवश्यक | तारीख = जुलै 2017}} चंद्रराव मोरे यांच्याकडून राई घेण्यानंतर, छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांनी रायगड येथून 2 मैलांचा आणखी एक किल्ला [[लिंगाना] बांधला.</span> <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">The Lingana fort was used to keep prisoners.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} [[File:Raigad 1896.jpg|thumb|Raigad 1896]] In 1689, Zulfikhar Khan captured Raigad and Aurangzeb renamed it as ''Islamgad''.</span> कैद्यांना ठेवण्यासाठी लिंगाना किल्ला वापरला गेला. {{उद्धरण आवश्यक | तारीख = मे 2018}} [[फाइल: रायगड 1896.jpg | थंब | रायगड 18 9 6]] 168 9 मध्ये, झुल्फखार खानने रायगडावर कब्जा केला आणि औरंगजेबने त्याचे नाव "इस्लामगड" असे ठेवले. ''.</span> <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">In 1707, Siddi Fathekan captured the fort and held it until 1733.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Naravane|first1=MS|title=The maritime and coastal forts of India|date=1998|publisher=APH Pub.</span> 1707 मध्ये सिद्दी फाथेकानाने किल्ला ताब्यात घेतला आणि 1733 पर्यंत त्यांचा कब्जा केला. {{Cite book | last1 = naravane | first1 = ms | title = भारतातील समुद्री आणि तटीय किल्ले | तारीख = 1 99 8 | प्रकाशक = एपीएच पब.</span> <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">Corp.|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788170249108|page=61|url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=iHK-BhVXOU4C&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=siddi+raigad+1707&ots=S0VQPZLLnm&sig=9hL2_AZ9l4MfdvzsZhtVWp4QKZY#v=onepage&q=siddi&f=false}}</ref> In 1765, The fort of Raigad along with [[Malwan]] in present [[Sindhudurg District]], the southernmost district of [[Maharashtra]], was the target of an armed expedition by the [[East India Company|British East India Company]], which considered it a [[pirate|piratical]] stronghold.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} In 1818, the fort was bombarded and destroyed by cannons from the hill of Kalkai.</span> कॉर्प. लोकेशन = न्यू दिल्ली | isbn = 9788170249108 | पृष्ठ = 61 | url = https: //books.google.com/books? Hl = en & lr = & id = iHK-BhVXOU4C & oi = fnd & pg = पीआर 9 आणि डीक = सिद्दी + रायगड + 1707 व ओटीएस = S0VQPZLLnm & sig = 9hL2_AZ9l4MfdvzsZhtVWp4QKZY # v = वनपृष्ठ आणि क्यू = सिद्दी आणि एफ = खोटे}} 1765 मध्ये रायगडचा [[मालवान]] [सध्या [[सिंधुदुर्ग जिल्हा]] [दक्षिणी जिल्हा] [दक्षिणेकडील] [[महाराष्ट्र]] [[ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी | ब्रिटीश ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी]] ने सशस्त्र मोहिमेचे लक्ष्य होते, ज्याला ते [[समुद्री डाकू | पायरेटिकल]] गढी मानले. {{उद्धरण आवश्यक | तारीख = डिसेंबर 2012}} 1818 मध्ये कालकईच्या टेकडीवरून बंदी घालून नष्ट करण्यात आले.</span> <span class="notranslate" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><span class="google-src-text" style="direction: ltr; text-align: left">And on 9 May 1818, as per the treaty, it was handed over to the [[East India Company|British East India Company]].{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}</span> आणि 9 मे 1818 रोजी संसदेनुसार ते [[ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी | ब्रिटीश ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी]] देण्यात आले. {{उद्धरण आवश्यक | तारीख = डिसेंबर 2012}}</span> ==Major features== [[File:Raigad fort walls hidden in the green.JPG|Hidden Walls of the Raigad Fort|thumb|right]] [[File:RaigadFort1.jpg|Raigad Fort Palace Ruins|thumb|right]] The Raigad Fort was built by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maharashtra and the chief architect/engineer was Hiroji Indulkar. The main palace was constructed using wood, of which only the base pillars remain. The main fort ruins consist of the queen's quarters, six chambers, with each chamber having its own private restroom. In addition, ruins of three watch towers can be seen directly in front of the palace grounds out of which only two remain as the third one was destroyed during a bombardment. The Raigad Fort also has ruins of a market which was accessible to horseback riders. The fort also overlooks an artificial lake known as the Ganga Sagar Lake. [[File:MahaDarwaja Raigad Fort.JPG|thumb|left|The Maha Darwaja]] The only main pathway to the fort passes through the "Maha Darwaja" (Huge Door). The Maha Darwaja has two huge bastions on both sides of the door which are approximately 65–70 feet in height. The top of the fort is 600&nbsp;ft higher from the location of this door. The fort has a famous wall called "Hirakani Buruj" (Hirkani Bastion) constructed over a huge steep cliff. The legend goes "that a woman by the name of Hirakani from a nearby village had come to sell milk to the people living at the fort. She happened to be inside the fort when the gates got closed and locked past sunset. Hearing the cries of her infant son back at the village echo after nightfall, The anxious mother couldn't wait till dawn and courageously climbed down the steep cliff in pitch dark all due to the love for her little one. She later repeated this extraordinary feat in front of Shivaji and was bravely rewarded for it." In appreciation of her courage and bravery, Shivaji built the Hirkani Bastion over this cliff. The King's ''[[Durbar (court)|durbar]]'' inside the Raigad Fort has a replica of the original throne that faces the main doorway called the ''Nagarkhana Darwaja''. This enclosure had been acoustically designed to aid hearing from the doorway to the throne. A secondary entrance, called the ''Mena Darwaja'', was supposedly the private entrance for the royal ladies of the fort that lead to the queen's quarters. The convoy of the king and the king himself used the ''Palkhi Darwaja.'' To the right of Palkhi Darwaja, is a row of three dark and deep chambers. Historians believe that these were the granaries for the fort.<ref>[http://www.raigadropeway.com/fort.htm Write-up from the Raigad ropeway]</ref> [[File:Raigad Fort Tak Mak Tok The famous cliff.JPG|thumb|right|The Takmak Tok]] From the fort, one can view the execution point called ''Takmak Tok'', a cliff from which sentenced prisoners were thrown to their death. This area has been fenced off.<ref name="gunaji">{{cite book|last=Gunaji|first=Milind|title=Offbeat Tracks in Maharashtra|publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=2005|pages=41|isbn=81-7154-669-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JIjmDLardesC&pg=PA41&dq=raigad+fort&lr=|accessdate=2009-03-17}}</ref> The statue of Chatrapati Shivaji is erected in front of the ruins of the main market avenue that leads to the ''Jagdishwar Mandir'' and his own [[Samādhi|Samadhi]] and that of his loyal dog named ''Waghya''. The Samadhi of [[Jijabai|Rajmata Jijabai]] Shahaji Bhosale, Chatrapati Shivaji's mother, can be seen at base village of Pachad. [[File:Jijamata Samadhi at Pachad, Raigadh, Maharashtra.jpg|thumb|left|The Samadhi of Jijabai]] Additional famous attractions of the fort include the Khubladha Buruj, Nane Darwaja and the Hatti Talav (Elephant Lake). ==Incidents== * The statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji's pet dog was removed by alleged members of the [[Sambhaji Brigade]]<ref>{{cite news|title=73 held for removing Shivaji's dog's statue from Raigad fort|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_73-held-for-removing-shivaji-dogs-statue-from-raigad-fort_1723352|accessdate=4 August 2012|newspaper=DNA}}</ref> in July 2012 as a protest but was re-instated by Shri Shivaji Raigad Smarak Samiti, the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], sculptor Rambhau Parkhi and the District Administration<ref>{{cite news|title=Vaghyacha putala punha basavala|url=http://72.78.249.107/Sakal/3Aug2012/Enlarge/PuneCity/page8.htm|accessdate=4 August 2012|newspaper=Sakal}}</ref> == Gallery == <gallery> File:Raigad fort towers.jpg File:Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Raigad.JPG File:Raigad fort long view.jpeg File:RaigadFort1.jpg File:RaigadFort2.jpg File:Raigad Fort Plateau.JPG File:RaigadFort3.jpg File:RaigadFort4.jpg File:RaigadFort7.jpg File:Raigad Fort Inscription.JPG File:MarathaCanon.jpg File:Opes of Raigad Ropeway.JPG File:LegalAdvisorsHouses.jpg File:Raigad gangasagar and takmak tok.jpg File:Raigad ropeway.JPG File:Raigad front towers.jpg File:Raigad Maha Darwaja.jpg File:Darwaja (The Gate).jpg File:Shivaji-Maharajs-Samadhi-in-Raigad.jpg File:RaigadFort6.jpg File:Shivaji Maharaj Raigad.jpg| Statue of Shivaji maharaj at Raigad fort File:Raygad Map.JPG |Map of Raigad File:Rajad's information.jpg|Information in English File:Raigad Information.JPG |Information of Raigad Fort in Marathi Language File:Hiroji step.JPG | The step of Hiroji Indalkar(Deshmukh). He constructed the fort File:Shilalekh on Raigad.jpeg | "Prasado Jagadishwarasya...." File:Bajarpeth and Nagarkhana.jpeg |Bajarpeth and Nagarkhana File:Main Door shape of Raigad fort.JPG |Main Door shape of Raigad fort File:Statue of Shivaji Maharaj.JPG |Statue of Shivaji at the spot where his [[w:Rajyabhishek|rajyabhishek]] took place. File:Ganga sagar talav.JPG|The Ganga Sagar Lake, main water reservoir for the fort </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category|Raigad Fort}} *[http://www.raigadfort.in Raigad Fort Photos & Information (Travel Guide)] *http://www.amazingmaharashtra.com/2012/08/raigad.html *[http://www.punetrekkers.com/raigad-fort-fort Raigad Fort Trek] * [http://indiaouting.com/maharashtra/raigad-fort/ Raigad Fort Pictures] *[http://www.yashwantnaik.com/outing/one-trip-raigad-travel-guide-tourist-information/ (Raigad Fort Place to See)] == See also == * [[List of forts in Maharashtra]] * [[Mughal–Maratha Wars]] {{Forts in Maharashtra}} {{Forts in India}} {{MarathaEmpire}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Raigad Fort}} [[Category:Former capital cities in India]] [[Category:Buildings and structures of the Maratha Empire]] [[Category:Forts in Raigad district]] [[Category:16th-century forts in India]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Pune district]] [[Category:Former populated places in India]] [[Category:Hiking trails in India]]'