Bahadurgarh Fort

{{Short description|Building in Punjab, India}}

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| name = Bahadurgarh Fort

| native_name = ਬਹਾਦੁਰਗੜ੍ਹ ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ

| image = File:Bahadurgarh Fort 1.jpg

| caption = Entrance gate of Bahadurgarh Fort

| location = {{convert|6|km}} from Patiala city, Punjab, India.

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| type = Fort

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| begin = 1837

| complete = 1845

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| dedicated_to = Guru Tegh Bahadur

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| coordinates = {{coord|30.3638|76.4708|region:IN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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Bahadurgarh Fort is a prehistorical{{clarification needed |date=April 2025}} Sikh-fort near Patiala in Punjab, India.

Constructed on the site of the old Saifabad Fort, which was built as the residence of Nawab Saif ud-Din Mahmud or Saif Khan, the fort was renovated by Maharaja Karam Singh of the princely state of Patiala in 1837.{{cite web|title=Bahadurgarh Fort - Historical Monument in Patiala|url=http://www.indiamapped.com/monuments-in-india/bahadurgarh-fort/|website=www.indiamapped.com|access-date=25 July 2016}}{{cite web|title=Bahadurgarh Fort|url=http://www.apnapatiala.com/tourist-destinations/bahadurgarh-fort/|access-date=25 July 2016|date=7 May 2009}}{{cite web|title=BAHADURGARH, - Punjab|url=https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/other-historical-places/punjab/bahadurgarh|access-date=25 July 2016|language=en-gb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917191827/https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/other-historical-places/punjab/bahadurgarh|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=dead}}

Design and architecture

The fort is built in an area of about 21 sq kilometers in a circular shape surrounded by two ramparts and moat. The fort was built in 1658 and later renovated between 1837 and 1845 in the cost of around {{INR}} 100,000 at that time.

The fort was named after Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhism, by Maharaja Karam Singh in 1837.{{cite web|title=Bahadurgarh Fort Anandpur - One of the Ancient Fort in Patiala|url=http://www.discoveredindia.com/punjab/attractions/forts/bahadurgarh-fort-anandpur.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118135023/http://www.discoveredindia.com/punjab/attractions/forts/bahadurgarh-fort-anandpur.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=18 January 2014|website=www.discoveredindia.com|access-date=25 July 2016}}

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