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They had lost their independence.
They declared Murtaza, the son of Shah Ali king and made Paranda Fort,
about 75 miles south east of Ahmednagar capital. The site passed several
times between them and the Adil Shahis and remained with him for two to
three years and was captured by the Adil Shah in 1630. In 1657 it was
again captured by the Moghuls and eventually came into the hands of the
Nizams of Hyderabad.
The fort is small but strong and well-designed. It is surrounded by
trench from all the sides.Fort comprise a rectangular plan with strong
defences provided by a double curtain wall and a deep ditch surrounding
the outer wall.
The walls are topped with
battlemented parapets along with regularly spaced box shaped guardrooms.
The gates are defended by traversals and redoubts and the Ramparts.
These are of the out and dressed stones with round bastions fitted for
the heavy guns of the period. Around the fort there is a moat, which was
always kept filled with water.
Paranda
Fort in Paranda, Osmanabad is one of the most popular tourist
destinations in the state of Maharashtra.
Getting There
The Paranda Fort are situated
93 km away from Osmanabad City.
Osmanabad is well connected by good
roads to major cities in Maharashtra. National Highway 211 (NH211) connects
Osmanabad to other major cities of Maharashtra.
Osmanabad has its own Railway
Station named as Osmanabad Railway Station which is connected to the major
cities of Maharashtra. It is linked with the cities like Mumbai, Pune, Miraj
Kolhapur, etc.
Osmanabad has its own domestic airport named as
Osmanabad
Airport.
Currently there are no
scheduled airlines operating at this Airport. The nearest domestic /
international airport is Pune
International Airport, roughly 261 km from Osmanabad.
Pune International Airport
is well connected to major cities in India.
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