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{{Infobox Military Structure
|name = Kanhera Fort
|native_name = कान्हेरागड
|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|25|00.8|N|73|58|06.5|E}}
|materials = Stone
|height = 3582 Ft.
|used =
|condition = Ruins
|ownership = Government of India
|open_to_public = Yes
|controlledby = {{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-)}}

''' Kanhera Fort ''' / '''Kanhira Fort''' ({{lang-mr| कान्हेरागड किल्ला}} is a fort located 65km from [[Nashik]], [[Nashik district]], of [[Maharashtra]]. The fort is situated on triangular plateau at the top of the hill.
==History==
This fort was under the control of [[Maratha empire]] ,being one of the forts surrendered by shivaji after treay of purandhar,later it was captured by [[British forces]] in 1818.<ref name="gazetteer">{{cite web |last1=Pathak |first1=Arunchandra |last2=Kutty |first2=Sanjivanee |title=Kanhira fort |url=https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Nasik/022%20Places/001%20Place.htm#KanhiraFort |website=www.cultural.maharashtra.gov.in |publisher=Govt.of maharashtra |accessdate=29 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Garg|first=Sanjay|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=JM5wDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA493&dq=Kanhera+Fort&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_qbO_7MjxAhUpxzgGHYwgBr0Q6AEwBnoECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=Kanhera%20Fort&f=false|title=Studies in Indo-Muslim History by S.H. Hodivala Volume II: A Critical Commentary on Elliot and Dowson’s History of India as Told by Its Own Historians (Vols. V-VIII) & Yule and Burnell’s Hobson-Jobson|date=2018-08-30|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-75777-8|language=en}}</ref>

==How to reach==
The nearest town is Wani which is 44 km from [[Nashik]]. The base village of the fort is Kanherawadi which is 15 km from Wani. The trekking path starts from the hillock north of the Kanherawadi. The route is very safe and wide. There are no trees on the trekking route. It takes about an hour to reach the entrance gate of the fort. The night stay on the fort is not possible.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NIPoAAAAMAAJ&q=Kanhera+Fort&dq=Kanhera+Fort&hl=en&sa=X|title=Epigraphia Indica|date=1985|publisher=Manager of Publications|language=en}}</ref>

==Places to see==
The fort has a bastion carved out of stone and a natural rock hole (nedhe). There 6 rock cut water cisterns on the fort but, the water is not potable.There is a rock cut cave facing the Dhodap fort.

== See also ==
* [[List of forts in Maharashtra]]
* [[List of forts in India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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

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