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[[Image:Chanderi.jpg|frame|right|View of Chanderi town from Qila Kothi]]
[[File:A VIEW OF CHANDERI FORT.jpg|thumb|A view of Chanderi Fort]]
'''Chanderi Fort''' located at [[Chanderi]] in [[Ashoknagar District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in [[India]] is situated at a distance of 127 km from [[Shivpuri]] and 37 km from [[Lalitpur, India|Lalitpur]] and about 45 km from [[Esagarh]] and 38 km from Mungoali It is located on a hill southwest of the [[Betwa River]]. Chanderi is surrounded by hills, lakes and forests and there are several monuments. Chanderi finds mention in [[Mahabharata]]. Shishupal was the king of Mahabharata period.

Chanderi is located strategically on the borders of [[Malwa]] and [[Bundelkhand]]. History of Chanderi goes back to the 11th century, when it was dominated by the trade routes of Central India and was proximate to the arterial route to the ancient ports of [[Gujarat]] as well as to [[Malwa]], [[Mewar]], [[Central India]] and the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]]. Consequently, Chanderi became an important military outpost.

Chanderi Fort, a vast [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] fort, dominates the skyline of the lovely old town of Chanderi. The main gate of the fort is known as the "Khooni Darwaza". Chanderi fort is situated on a hill 71 meter above the town. The fortification walls were constructed mainly by the Muslim rulers of Chanderi. To the southwest of the fort there is a curious gateway called katti-ghatti made through a hill side.

[[Image:Chanderi Fort.jpg|thumb|A courtyard inside the fort]]

==History==
[[File:1528 Chanderi fort-large.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Mughal Army]] of [[Babur]] capture Chanderi fort.]]

Chanderi is mentioned by the Persian scholar [[Alberuni]] in 1030. [[Ghiyas ud din Balban]] captured the city in 1251 for [[Nasiruddin Mahmud (grandson of Iltutmish)|Nasiruddin Mahmud]], [[Sultan of Delhi]]. Sultan [[Mahmud Khilji]] of [[Malwa Sultanate|Malwa]] captured the city In 1438 after a siege of several months. In 1520 [[Rana Sangha]] of [[Mewar]] captured the city, and gave it to Medini Rai, a rebellious minister of Sultan Mahmud II of Malwa. The Mughal Emperor [[Babur]] captured the city from Medini Rai, In 1529 [[Puran Mal|Raja Puran Mal]] defeated [[Babur]]'s forces and captured the city. He ruled on chanderi for 11 years, and in 1540 it was captured by [[Sher Shah Suri]], and added to the governorship of Shujaat Khan. The Mughal Emperor [[Akbar]] made the city a ''sarkar'' in the ''subah'' of Malwa. The [[Bundela]] [[Rajput]]s captured the city in 1586, and it was held by Ram Sab, a son of Raja Madhukar of [[Orchha]]. In 1680 Devi Singh Bundela was made governor of the city with his commander in chief and prime minister of chanderi state Maharaja Chaubey Bhim singh, and Chanderi remained in the hands of his family until it was annexed in 1811 by [[Jean Baptiste Filose]] for the [[Maratha]] ruler [[Daulat Rao Sindhia]] of [[Gwalior state|Gwalior]]. The city was transferred to the [[British India|British]] in 1844. The British lost control of the city during the [[Revolt of 1857]], and the city was recaptured by Sir [[Hugh Henry Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn|Hugh Rose]] on February 14, 1858. [[Richard Harte Keatinge]] was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for leading this assault. The city was transferred back to the Sindhias of Gwalior in 1861, and became part of [[Isagarh District]] of Gwalior state. After India's independence in 1947, Gwalior became part of the new state of [[Madhya Bharat]], which was merged into Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 1956.

==References==
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* Hunter, William Wilson, James Sutherland Cotton, [[Richard Burn (Indologist)|Sir Richard Burn]], William Stevenson Meyer, eds. (1909). ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', vol. 9. Oxford, Clarendon Press.

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