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style of architecture. The mosque has a square canopy with intricate stone lattice work and a seven arched façade. The mosque originally had two minarets, only one of which is intact today. So, probably there is a tunnel connecting the two forts.
345:). After two failed attempts at the main gate by British and Sepoy companies, and many casualties, Captain Campbell led the 94th Highlanders (light company) up the ravine dividing the inner and outer forts and into the inner fort by 330:(cow herds) who inhabited the Berar (modern day Amravati) for centuries. Earlier the fort was likely just made of mud as were several such areas in the region. The exact date of construction is not known but the Persian historian, 349:. The Scots then forced the northern gatehouse and opened the many gates, allowing the remaining British forces entry. The British suffered few casualties in the final assault (approx. 150). The fortress was returned to the 373:), which would have been the main water source in case the fort was besieged. Within the fort the ruins of a mosque are the most conspicuous. It stands at the highest point in the inner fort and is built in the 334:, records that Ahmed Shah Wali, the ninth king of the Bahamani dynasty reconstructed Gawilgarh when he was encamped at Ellichpur in 1425. Likely this was the date when major fortification was carried out. 519: 584: 3413: 415: 2130: 342: 311: 90: 540: 3428: 2943: 577: 482: 3201: 2108: 733: 365:
The fort has several inscriptions in Persian recording the date of building of each of its seven gates. It has two water tanks (
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There are several unrepaired breaches made by British guns, which remain to this day.
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Amravati District
Maharashtra

Gawilghur fort is located in India
Gawilghur fort is located in Maharashtra
21°22′56″N 77°20′2″E / 21.38222°N 77.33389°E / 21.38222; 77.33389
Muzaffarid dynasty
Maratha Confederacy
British Empire
Gond

Maratha Empire
Deccan
Satpura
Amravati District
Maharashtra
successfully assaulted
Arthur Wellesley
Second Anglo-Maratha War
Gawli
Firishta
2nd Maratha War
Duke of Wellington
escalade
Killedar
Maratha Empire
Pathan
Capture of Gawilghur
List of forts in Maharashtra
"Friends of forts"

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