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{{Infobox Military Structure
|name = Hatgad Fort
|native_name = हातगड
|partof = Ajintha Satmal Hill Range
|location = [[Nashik district]], [[Maharashtra]]
|image =
|caption =
|map_type=India Maharashtra#India
| map_size = 300
|map_caption = Shown within [[Maharashtra]]
|type = Hill fort
|coordinates = {{coord|20|32|33.8|N|73|45|39.3|E}}
|materials = Stone
|height = {{convert|3600|ft|abbr=on}}
|used =
|condition = Ruins
|ownership = Government of India
|open_to_public = Yes
|controlledby = {{noflag}}[[Ahmadnagar Sultanate|Ahmadnagar]] (1521-1547) {{flagcountry|Maratha Empire}} (1739-1818) {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} [[East India Company]] (1818-1857)
* {{flagicon image|British Raj Red Ensign.svg}} [[British Raj]] (1857-1947)
{{flagcountry|India}} (1947-)
}}

'''Hatgad Fort ''' ({{lang-mr|हातगड किल्ला}}) is a fort located {{convert|71|km|mi|abbr=on}}from [[Nashik]], [[Nashik district]], of [[Maharashtra]]. The base village is Hatgad on the Nashik-Saputara Road. The nearest town is [[Saputara]], which is 6 km from Hatgad village. It is a historic monument located in [[Maharashtra]], India, south of the hill station of [[Saputara]] and near the border with [[Gujarat]]. It was built by the [[Marathi people|Maratha]] king [[Shivaji]] and is located at an elevation of about 3,600 feet. The way to reach the fort is through a trekking route via a narrow rocky path and car also go up to the stairs of fort. A statue of Lord [[Shivling]] is placed on the top of the fort.

==History==
In 1547 King Bhairavsen, son of King Mahadevsen of the Bagul dynasty, defeated the [[Nizam Shahi dynasty|Burhan Nizam shah]] of [[Ahmednagar]] and captured the fort.<ref name="Trekshitiz">{{cite web |last1=Trekshitiz |title=Hatgad |url=http://trekshitiz.com/marathi/Hatgad-Trek-Nashik-District.html |website=www.trekshitiz.com |publisher=Trekshitiz |access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> The Rangarav Aundhekar was the last [[Peshwa]] officer who held the fort. The fort was captured by Captain Briggs of [[East India Company]] in 1818.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

==Places to see==
There are four gates in a row on the main entrance path of the fort. The main entrance gate has a Hanuman idol carved in rock.<ref name="Trekshitiz" /> There is a two rock cut water cisterns called Ganga and Jamuna on the fort plateau.<ref name="Gazetteer">{{cite web |last1=Pathak |first1=Dr. Arunchandra |title=Hatgad Fort |url=https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Nasik/022%20Places/001%20Place.htm#HatgadFort |website=www.cultural.maharashtra.gov.in |publisher=The Executive Editor and Secretary, Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra, Bombay |access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> The water is available round the year. There is an inscription in Sanskrit carved on the rock near the cistern. There are few building structures on the fort which are now in ruined state except got the ammunition store building which is in good condition.

== See also ==
* [[List of forts in Maharashtra]]
* [[List of forts in India]]
* [[Marathi people|Marathi People]]
* [[Maratha Navy]]
* [[List of Maratha dynasties and states]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=gZRLGZNZEoEC&pg=PA136&lpg=PA136&dq=hatgadh+fort+news&source=bl&ots=bjiQEHAAVH&sig=9DdVnCvphpNv2B2dYvpuxYiIACM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjC7LrDrN3VAhUMs48KHU76Auk4ChDoAQgmMAA#v=onepage&q=hatgadh%20fort%20news&f=false Gujrat State Book]

{{Forts in Maharashtra}}
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[[Category:Buildings and structures of the Maratha Empire]]
[[Category:Forts in Nashik district]]
[[Category:16th-century forts in India]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Nashik district]]
[[Category:Indian rock-cut architecture]]
[[Category:Former populated places in India]]

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