Achalpur Fort a easy trekking place in Amravati, Maharashtra

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Achalpur Fort

Basic information about Achalpur Fort
Achalpur Fort is a hill fort which is situated in Achalpur Taluka of Amravati District.  is easy trek. Achalapur Fort trek The height of Achalpur Fort is 1210 feet i.e. 369 meters above sea level.
Following points we are going to see in this post:
1. History of Achalpur Fort.
2. Basic time information.
3. How to reach Achalpur fort from different cities. 
4. Places to visit on Achalpur fort.
5. Place to visit nearby Achalpur fort. 

History of Achalpur Fort

Achalpur was governed by the Muslim Delhi Sultanate from 1294 and that is the point at which the stronghold must have been developed. From Achalpur we began for Gawilgad post close Chikhaldhara and around 50 kms approx from Achalpur.
The historical backdrop of Achalpur, once known as Ellichpur, could well be said to be history of Vidarbha (Berar) itself. Nawab Sultan Khan, the first of his administration, assembled the fortress at Sultanapura in Achalpur on the south the bank of the Sarpan River in around 1754 AD. 
A significant part of the piece of the stronghold is presently in totally flimsy condition.The city was strengthened by Sultan Khan's child Ismail Khan by a gigantic and robust defence divider of stone work with four entryways. 
The greater part of the strongholds and the doors are still intact. The fortification is an area stronghold and the majority of it is gone to the present day development yet some door entryways, bastions and dividers are still in place.

Time to reach the top
It takes around 1 hour from Achalpur Station.

Minimum Duration 
1 day.

Best time to visit the fort  
Any time you can visit Achalpur fort.

Water Availability
No, water is not available on Achalpur fort. As it is a land fort so package water is available in the city.

Accommodation Availability
No, shelter is not available on the fort but you can stay in Achalpur village.

Places to visit on the Achalpur Fort 

Fortifications, Carvings, temples, Sculptures.

Lets find How to reach to Achalpur Fort

Way from Pune to Achalpur Fort

Pune to Achalpur By Bus
From Pune there are ST (State Transport) buses / Volvo buses available to Achalpur, which is around 595 kms from Pune, there are many buses regularly playing between Pune to Achalpur or Achalpur to Pune.

Pune to Achalpur By Train
From Pune junction there is train available to Achalpur junction, which is 488 kms from Pune junction it takes 10 hrs from Pune to reach Achalapur. 

Pune to Achalpur By Road
Route of Pune to Achalpur Fort
Pune – Ahmednagar – Chikhli – Khamgaon – Akot – Achalpur – Achalpur Fort.

Way from Mumbai to Achalpur Fort

Mumbai to Achalpur By Bus
From Mumbai there are ST (State Transport) buses, Volvo, local transport available to Achalpur; which is 671 kms from Mumbai; it takes to reach 10 hrs from Mumbai to Achalpur.

Mumbai to Achalpur By Train
From Mumbai junction there are no direct trains available to Achalpur junction, firstly you can reach Pune junction, From Pune junction there is train available to Achalpur junction, which is 488 kms from Pune junction it takes 10 hrs from Pune to reach Achalapur. .

Mumbai to Achalpur By Road
Route of Mumbai to Achalpur Fort
Mumbai – Lonavala – Chinchwad – Pune – Ahmednagar – Chikhli – Khamgaon – Akot – Achalpur – Achalpur Fort.

Places to visit nearby the Achalpur Fort

Gavilgad
Gavilgad Fort is close Chikhaldara slope station in Amravati area, Maharashtra. It is accepted that the fortification is 300 years of age. Some flawlessly cut symbols, which are accepted to cut amid the time of the Nizams, when Elichpur was their capital, are worth to see.Elephants, bulls, tigers, lions and Hindi, Urdu and Arabic scripts embody the carvings on the dividers of the fortification. 
Icons of Lord Hanuman and Lord Shankar are likewise seen in the fortress. 10 guns made of iron copper and metal are likewise there inside the stronghold.Gavlis, who were leaders of the shepherd group in the twelfth/thirteenth century, fabricated the fortification. 
At that point went ahead the hands of Gond group till the time they were vanquished by the Mughals. The fortification is at present under the Melghat Tiger Project. 
Nagpur is the closest air terminal, 230 km away, while Amravati is the closest line station, 100 km away. Chikhaldara is decently associated by street.

Narnala fort
Narnala Fort is found in Akola locale in Maharashtra. The post is still in a decent condition. The fortress is found in the midst of woods. The fort is overall kept up and is worth giving a shot.
Disregard of the Archaeological Survey Department is noticeable in this post. The post has a fortification divider and delightful bastions. Akola is generally associated by street with the imperative and enormous urban communities of Maharashtra. Lodgings are accessible in Akola.
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Balapur fort
Balapur, a taluka town, is 26kms from Akola, the area base camp. Arranged at the intersection of the waterways Man and Mhais, Balapur is a recorded town and has a hugely constructed post, presumably the strongest in Vidarbha and Khandesh districts of Maharashtra.
The stronghold was begun in 1721 AD by Azam Shah, the child of Emperor Aurangzeb, and we finished via Ismail Khan, the Nawab of Ellichpur (now Achalpur, Amaravati District) in 1757 AD. The stronghold is in a sensibly decent condition and today houses some administration work places.Arranged on a high ground between the streams, the stronghold has extremely elevated dividers and bastions manufactured of the best brickwork of now is the right time.
The post has three entryways, one inside the other. The external or the lower stronghold is a decagon with a bastions at each one edge, or more it climbs, by the tallness of its dividers, the inward post which is a pentagon, each one point having a bastion, as in the lower fortress.
The deepest dividers are 3 meters thick and their bulwarks are punctured with various openings at three separate plots for the release of rockets. Inside the stronghold are three wells and one mosque. 
Amid the downpours the fortification gets encompassed by flood water with the exception of at one point. The sanctuary of Bala Devi, from which the town has inferred its name, lies just under the fortress on the southern side.

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