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'''Kamlah Fort''' (also: '''Kamlahgarh''' or '''Kamlah Garh''', from Hindi <big>गढ़</big> (''Garh''): "fort") is a 17th-century fort located near Kamlah village in the province of [[Himachal Pradesh]],<ref name="Singha-2000">{{cite book |author=H. S. Singha |title=The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqIbJz7vMn0C&pg=PA118 |access-date=20 May 2017 |year=2000 |publisher=Hemkunt Press |isbn=978-81-7010-301-1 |page=118}}</ref> India west of [[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh|Mandi]].<ref name="Dilagira-1997">{{cite book |last=Dilagīra |first=Harajindara Siṅgha |title=The Sikh Reference Book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRpuAAAAMAAJ |access-date=24 May 2017 |year=1997 |publisher=Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark |location=Edmonton, Alberta |isbn=978-0-9695964-2-4 |page=181 |oclc=645900789}}</ref> It was probably constructed in 1625 by [[Raja]] [[Suraj Sen (Mandi)|Suraj Sen]] of Mandi.<ref name="Hiq">[http://www.holidayiq.com/Kamlah-Fort-Mandi-Sightseeing-454-16095.html About Kamlah Fort]</ref><ref name="DiscIndia">[http://www.discoveredindia.com/himachal-pradesh/attractions/forts-and-monuments/kamlah-fort.htm Kamlah Fort]</ref> <br />
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The Mandi kingdom depended on its forts for its security, and Kamlah Fort had the reputation of being the most secure repository of the reputed 360 forts of the Mandi state from the rule of Suraj Sen to that of [[Ishvari Sen]] (1788–1826).<ref name="Handa-2008">{{cite book |last=Hāṇḍā |first=Omacanda |title=Buddhist monasteries, castles & forts, and traditional houses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CQnAQAAIAAJ |access-date=24 May 2017 |volume=2 |year=2008 |publisher=Indus |isbn=978-81-7387-213-6 |page=120 |chapter=Castles and Forts |oclc=838866422}}</ref> [[Maharaja]] [[Ranjit Singh]] attacked the fort in 1830.<ref name="Singha-2000" /> It was destroyed in 1840 and then retaken a few years later and reconstructed by [[Rulers of Siokot and Mandi|Mandi Kings]].<ref name="Hiq" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Forts in India]]<br />
* [[Sarkaghat Mandi district]]<br />
* [[Rulers of Siokot and Mandi]]<br />
* [[Suket State]]<br />
* [[Raja]]<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
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* {{cite book |author1=John Hutchison |author2=Jean Philippe Vogel |title=History of the Panjab Hill States |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3btDw4S2FmYC |year=1933 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |page=374 |isbn=978-81-206-0942-6}}<br />
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