Salher Fort
Salher Fort
History of Salher Fort
This fort saw huge battles of the Marathas and the Mughals.In 1671 Shivaji Maharaj had the fort in his rule. But in 1672 Mughals attacked the fort. In this war around 1 lakh soldiers fought. But Shivaji Maharaj won the battle after many soldiers died in this war.
The battle of salher had most significant impact due to this war was never won by the Shivaji Maharaj before. This battle made Shivaji Maharaj famous due his courage and bravery. In this same period Maharaj won mulher and raised their flag in the baglan region.
After Maharaj peshwas took the fort and then by British.The battle made news to the Mughal emperor in Delhi. He commented that even after sending lakhs of soldiers they returned disgracefully and was tensed whom should he send for the battle.
He appointed Ikhlaas Khan and Bahlol Khan for the war with 20000 horses to attack salher.Ikhlaas Khan planned to attack salher fort. The siege by the Ikhlaas Khan made news to Shivaji Maharaj and Shivaji Maharaj sent commander in chief prataprao to go with the troops and kick off Bahlol khan.
A letter was also sent to the moropant peshwa from the vagranti kokan and help prataprao in the battle of salher. They both took stand on both the sides and a huge battle broke out in this region.The battle was so fierce that in took on days and nights, Mughals, pathans and Rajput with canons, elephants, horses and camel troops with each other.
The battle was rose a dust in 3 kms and troops didn't knew that whom were they fighting. 10000 soldiers died in this war and blood was flowing like a river. In this blood battle Ikhlaas Khan and Bahlol Khan lost to the Marathas.
Shivaji Maharaj lost around 110000 soldiers in this war and 10000 of them returned from the war.This war gave Shivaji Maharaj 6,000 horses, 6,000 camels, 150 elephants gold ornaments and coins even some expensive cloth from the enemies.
Soldiers of Marathas showed courage in this battle Surya rao kakde sacrificed him during the battle. A canon ball hit him and he died. He was described as "Karna of Mahabharata" lying dead in the battle field.The battle of salher proved a great war between the Mughals and the Shivaji maharaja's troops. Shivaji Maharaj never won such a big battle before.
Strategy made by the Maratha soldiers and Shivaji Maharaj made him more famous all-over Maharashtra and India. The battle of salher showed intelligence, bravery and courage of the soldiers in Maratha army. We can see temple, Ganga sagartalav and much more on the fort.
Places to visit on the Salher Fort
Lets find How to reach to Salher Fort
from Taharabad there are local transport and ST (State Transport) available to Salherwadi. (Base village of the Fort)
From Nashik CBS station there are ST (State Transport) buses and local transport is available to Taharbad, from Taharabad there are local transport and ST (State Transport) available to Salherwadi. (Base village of the Fort) View Train Time Table
from Nashik you can go to Taharabad and the go Salherwadi via Mulher. Pune - Chakan - Manchar - Narangaon - Nashik - Taharabad - Mulher - Salherwadi - Salher fort.
From Nashik CBS station there are ST (State Transport) buses and local transport is available to Taharbad, from Taharabad there are local transport and ST (State Transport) available to Salherwadi. (Base village of the Fort)
from Taharabad there are local transport and ST (State Transport) available to Salherwadi. (Base village of the Fort) View Train Time Table
Places to visit nearby the Salher Fort
The fort was taken aback by the mughals. In 1752 according to the treaty of Bhalki khandesh in went in the hands of marathas. And later In 1818 it went in the hands of british. This fort is at the height of 4290 feet above the sea level and a medium grade trek.
We can see water tanks and other remnants of the fort. It takes 2-3 hours from the base village to reach the top of the fort. With salota we can complete salher, moragad, and hargad together in 3-4 days of time.