Type: Land Fort Base Village: Pedgaon Where: 130 Kms from Pune, 15/20 Kms from Shrigonda off Daund Route...
Type: Land Fort
Base Village: Pedgaon
Where: 130 Kms from Pune, 15/20 Kms from Shrigonda off Daund
Route: Kunthalgiri-Bhoom-Kharda-Jamkhed-Pedgaon
Time visited: August 2011
Time to see around: 4 hours
How to reach: It’s near Daund, off Daund-Nagar higway or can be easily reached from Shrigonda village.
My Meter reading from Pune: Pune 1190 Kms
Base Village: Pedgaon
Where: 130 Kms from Pune, 15/20 Kms from Shrigonda off Daund
Route: Kunthalgiri-Bhoom-Kharda-Jamkhed-Pedgaon
Time visited: August 2011
Time to see around: 4 hours
How to reach: It’s near Daund, off Daund-Nagar higway or can be easily reached from Shrigonda village.
My Meter reading from Pune: Pune 1190 Kms
History:
Bahadurgad , the major Mughal camp was said to have been built by
Bahadur Khan Kokaltash, the mughal viceroy to the Deccan. It has several
names including Bhadhurgad, pedgaon cha killa and Dharmaveer gad.
This historic fort is famous for two things-
Shivaji
Raje had heard the news of the arrival of the two hundred trained
arabian stallions at Bahadurgad He deliberately leaked the news that he
was planning to attack Bahadurgad. Intially 2000 men attacked the fort
and then chose to retreat with Bahadur Khan chasing with his full might.
Luring the mughals away from the fort by well over 20kms, the marathas
dissappeared in the thick woods. Meanwhile the remaining 7000 odd
maratha contingent attacked the fort, taking away all the gold and
horses. Sambhaji Raje along with his wife was also said to be imprisoned
here by Diler Khan when he fell out with Shivaji Mharaj. Later
after death of Shivaji, in 1689, When Sambhaji Raje was captured at
Sangameshwar, he was brought to Bahadurgad, as a prisoner. Sambhaji Raje
and Kavi Kalash were subjected to a horrific torture when they did not
accept to be converted to Islam. Bahadurgad has been renamed as
Dharmaveergad in the memory of Sambhaji raje.
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