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'''Jalalgarh Fort''' is a more than 300-year-old ruined fort located at 20 km north of [[Purnia]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]. The fort was built by [[Saif Khan Barha|Saif Khan]], the [[Faujdars of Purnea|Faujdar of Purnea]] in 1722.<ref name="Oriental Geographer">{{cite book|title=Oriental Geographer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=byAcAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=27 December 2012|year=1964|publisher=Bangladesh Geographical Society|page=121}}</ref><ref name="Bihar: Jalalgarh fort to be restored">{{cite news|title=Bihar: Jalalgarh fort to be restored|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/bihar-jalalgarh-fort-to-be-restored_751884.html|accessdate=26 December 2012|newspaper=Zee News}}</ref><ref name="Jalalgarh Fort, Purnia">{{cite web|title=Jalalgarh Fort, Purnia|url=http://www.brandbihar.com/english/districts/purnea/jalalgarh_fort_purnea.html|accessdate=26 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117004013/http://brandbihar.com/english/districts/purnea/jalalgarh_fort_purnea.html|archive-date=17 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Structure ==
The fort is a large quadrangular structure and has high walls which helped to protect the wall from Nepalese invasion.<ref name="Bihar: Jalalgarh fort to be restored" /><ref name="Bihar directory">{{cite web|title=Bihar directory|url=http://yac.bih.nic.in/Da-02.htm|publisher=bih.nic.in|accessdate=26 December 2012|archive-date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525025802/http://yac.bih.nic.in/Da-02.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The fort is an embodiment of the beauty of Islamic architecture.<ref name="Nitish visit draws tourists to forgotten fort">{{cite news|title=Nitish visit draws tourists to forgotten fort|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120112/jsp/bihar/story_14995407.jsp#.UNte36wUDcc|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203134307/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120112/jsp/bihar/story_14995407.jsp%23.UNte36wUDcc|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2013|accessdate=26 December 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)}}</ref>

== Restoration ==
In January 2012, Bihar Chief Minister [[Nitish Kumar]] announced that Government of Bihar would be restoring and repairing the fort. He ordered Purnia district authorities to do this restoration work.<ref name="Bihar: Jalalgarh fort to be restored" />

== References ==
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{{Tourist sites in Bihar}}

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[[Category:Forts in Bihar]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Bihar]]
[[Category:Purnia district]]
[[Category:1722 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1722]]

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Hayaat at 23:32, 21 March 2026