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The highest level is the Citadel which is 200 yards long and 70 yards
broad. This is the summit of the hill and has no fortifications. The
water supply is from five cisterns at the top of the hill with a copper
pipe to carry water to the lower levels.
Haji Malang is different from other forts in Maharashtra. Whereas other
forts have several gates and multiple watchtowers, art of the main gate
itself. With a wall with no machicolations to fire at the enemy and no
fortifications, Haji Malang is one of the few forts to depend completely
on natural aspects of the hill to defend itself.
History
Shree Malang, this is the oldest name associated with Haji Malang and he
has said to have improved access to the hill by means of an iron bridge.
Nearby Kalyan, the reinforcements arrived in early October as Colonel
Hartley and Captain Jameson and their troops advanced on Malanggad and
finally defeated the Marathas.
Current Usage
In 2007, Govt. of Maharashtra awarded a contract to Supreme-Suyog-Yashita
consortium to build a Funicular Railway to Malanggad plateau from
Malangwadi, towards Kalyan. The permissions from Forest Department took
4 years to come and the work has now started. The Malanggad Funicular
Railway will be more than 1 km in length and will gain 320 M in height.
It will be able to carry 1000 passengers up and down the hill every one
hour.
Getting
There
Dombivali is about 50 km from Mumbai.
Nearest Airport is in Mumbai, Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
Thakurli is a railway station
on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. Thakurli is
at a distance of 49 km from the Mumbai CST station. Taxis are available at the railway station for travel to
different parts of the city and outside.
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