Aligarh Fort
27°55′42″N 78°03′26″E / 27.9284684°N 78.0571125°E Aligarh Fort (Aligarh Qila) is located in the patwari nagla city of
History
The fort was built during the time of
The fort is built on a small rise north of the
Aligarh fort, as it stands today, is the work of the French engineers under the control of de Boigne and Perron.[2] Presently, the fort houses a small primary school within its premises.
On its front side the new building of the Dawakhana Tibya college, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh is situated. On its back side there is the Street Number 1 of the Fort Enclave (a posh colony of the university teachers). The back side ( south) of the fort is now identified by the office ( Arafaat, Street Number-1 Fort Enclave) of the National Society for Educational Empowerment of the Masses ( NASEEM) an NGO working particularly for Have-not sections of the locality. To protect the remains of this historic fort its out-boundaries were constructed [as per the 100 m rule of the (ASI)] by the Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh during the tenure of Mr. Mahmoodurrahman the vice chancellor of the varsity.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 663.
- ^ a b History of Aligarh
- ^ HolidayIQ.com. "Aligarh Fort | Aligarh Place to Visit | Aligarh Fort Photos". Holidayiq.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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