Sinhagad is a hill fort which is located approximately 30 km southwest of Pune city of Maharashtra. Some of the available information of this fort shows that this fort was built 2000 years ago. The Sinhagad fort was first known as Kondhana, there have been many wars on this fort, especially among them the battle of Sinhagad in 1670. History of Sinhagad Fort After Rishi Kundinya, the Sinhagad fort was initially known as "Kondhana". In AD 1328, the emperor of Delhi, Muhammad bin Tughlaq, captured the fort from the Koli tribe, Sardar Nag Nayak. Sinhagad Fort Shivaji's father Maratha leader Shahaji Bhosale, who was the commander of Abraham Adil Shah I, was given control of the area of Pune, but Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was not allowed to bow before Adil Shah, therefore he decided to establish Swarajya and Adil Shah Under Sardar Siddi Amber, he used to include the Kondhana fort in his own kingdom. In 1647, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj changed his name to ...
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