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<div>{{Short description|Forth Capital Of Maratha Empire}}{{EngvarB|date=March 2014}}<br />
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{{Infobox Military Structure<br />
|name = Ajinkyatara Fort<br />
|partof = former [[Maratha Empire]], now [[Maharashtra]]<br />
|location = [[Satara District]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />(near [[Satara (city)|Satara]])<br />
|image = Main Gateway, Ajinkyatara 02.jpg<br />
|caption = Entrance to Ajinkyatara fort<br />
|map_type =India Maharashtra<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|17|40|20.5|N|73|59|43.4|E|type:landmark_region:IN-MH|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
|map_size =200<br />
|map_caption =Shown within [[Maharashtra]]<br />
|type = Hill fort<br />
|code =<br />
|built =<br />
|builder =<br />
|materials = Stone, lead<br />
|height = {{convert|1356|m|ft|-2}} ASL<br />
|used =<br />
|demolished =<br />
|condition =<br />
|ownership = <br />
*{{flag|Maratha Empire}} (1706–1818)<br />
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} [[British East India Company]] (1818–1858)<br />
*{{flag|British Empire}} (1858–1947)<br />
*[[Government of India|Central Government]] of {{flag|India}} (1947–present)<br />
|open_to_public = Yes<br />
|controlledby =<br />
|garrison =<br />
|current_commander =<br />
|past_commanders = [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj]]<br />
|occupants = [[Chattrapati Shahu]]<br />
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'''Ajinkyatara''' (literally "The Impregnable Star") is a fort on one of the seven mountains surrounding the city of [[Satara (city)|Satara]] in the [[Sahayadri]] Mountains of [[Maharashtra]], India. It is a 16th-century [[fort]], that was called "Ajimtara", during Aurangzeb regime and was based on Aurangzeb son's name, Ajim. Maharani tarabai capturev and renamed Ajinkyatara.", when he wrote his first novel on the same name, first published in 1909.<ref>Interview published in ''Marathi Pratishthan Monthly'', December 1970 issue.</ref> Now it also holds the television tower for the city of Satara. This fort has been the place where several pivotal moments in Maratha history took place.<br />
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The fort is located at Ajinkyatara Mountain, which is 3,300 feet high.<br />
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After the death of Shivaji Maharaj, Aurangzeb conquered Satara fort, which was later won by [[Parshuram Pant Pratinidhi|Parshuram Pratinidhi]] in 1706. In 1708, Shahu Maharaj was crowned at this fort.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.satara.gov.in/en/history/|title=Satara District : Historical reference|website=www.satara.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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This was the place where [[Tarabai]] was imprisoned by Shahu.<ref name="gunaji">{{cite book|last=Gunaji|first=Milind|title=Offbeat Tracks in Maharashtra|publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=2005|pages=66–68|isbn=9788171546695|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JIjmDLardesC&q=ajinkyatara&pg=PA67|access-date=21 February 2009}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}<br />
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The fortress is also mentioned in [[Nathmadhav]]'s novel ''Veer Dhaval'', in which the eponymous protagonist, a vassal of the [[Eastern Chalukyas|Chalukyas]], is the rightful master of the fort (and takes final possession of it at the novel's end) which has been under the misrule of his uncle Chanda Varma, who usurped the fort after murdering the protagonist's father Keerti Varma.<br />
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Access to Ajinkyatara is possible by road (2 hours from Pune, 4 hours from Mumbai), train (the nearest station is Satara Road) or plane (nearest airport is Pune).<br />
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{{wide image|Satara From Yewteshwar.jpg|1000px|One of the most prominent forts in the history of Marathas, <br />
situated in Satara}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of forts in Maharashtra]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{commons category|Ajinkyatara}}<br />
[https://jaksonhospitality.com/jakson-inns/ajinkya-tara-fort-satara.php Ajinkyatara Fort Satara]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Satara district topics}}<br />
{{Forts in Maharashtra}}<br />
{{Forts in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Forts in Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures of the Maratha Empire]]<br />
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