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<p>2409:4043:2B0D:36F4:0:0:1749:C00E: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Ginnorgarh fort from the west.jpg|thumb|Ginnorgarh fort from the west]]<br /> '''Ginnorgarh''' (or Ginnaurgarh, Hindi गिन्नोर्गढ़) is a fort in Sehore District, [[Madhya Pradesh]]. Located in the [[Ratapani Tiger Reserve]] on a rocky summit rising to 700m, Ginnorgarh has two natural water bodies and a fortified enclosure with the remains of several palaces, gatehouses and cisterns. <br /> [[File:Ginnorgarh Fort.jpg|thumb|Ginnorgarh, ruins of the main palace]]<br /> <br /> Ginnorgarh was occupied late in the [[Paramara]] period, as testified by architectural fragments incorporated into the current structures, but the location first rose to prominence under the [[Gondi people|Gond]] rulers. The palace may have been constructed by [[Nizam Shah]], a powerful Gond warlord. The building is one of the gems of Indian palace architecture, close in style to the Kharbuja Mahal at [[Dhar]] fort. After Nizam Shah was poisoned by his nephew, the chief of Chainpur Bari, his widow [[Rani Kamlapati]] and her son took refuge in the fort. The queen sought protection from [[Dost Muhammad Khan]] who became the de facto ruler of the state. With Kamalapati's death in 1723, her son Nawal Shah took charge of the fort. [[Dost Muhammad Khan]] then organised an expedition to Ginnorgarh from [[Bhopal]] and was able to take the fort by stealth.<br /> <br /> The presence of the rulers of [[Bhopal]] at Ginnorgarh is testified by later buildings and an inscription in [[Persian language|Persian]] on one of the gatehouses dated 1725–26. By the early twentieth century, C. E. Luard recorded that the buildings were falling into ruin.&lt;ref&gt;C. E. Luard, ''Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency W. Western States (Malwa) Gazetteer'' (Bombay, 1908).&lt;/ref&gt; Despite being a protected monument under the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Madhya Pradesh, the structures continue to decline and have been vandalised.<br /> [[File:Ginnaurgarh palace dome.jpg|thumb|Ginnorgarh, ruined dome with stucco work]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|30em}}<br /> <br /> {{Forts in India}}<br /> {{Forts in Madhya Pradesh}}<br /> <br /> {{coord|22.8410|77.5338|type:landmark_region:IN|display=title}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tourist attractions in Raisen district]]<br /> [[Category:History of Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Forts in Madhya Pradesh]]</div>

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