{"id":1922,"date":"2013-09-03T03:15:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T20:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2017-05-02T11:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T11:00:23","slug":"historic-jhansi-fort-celebrated-its-400th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/historic-jhansi-fort-celebrated-its-400th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Jhansi Fort celebrated its 400th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jhansi Fort, one of the living witnesses to the Sepoy Mutiny (1857) that is the first War of Independence<\/a> in India, has recently completed the 400th year of its establishment. Built on a hilltop in 1613, the fort has been the stronghold of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh. The foundation of the fort is a historic mark of Jhansi\u2019s rise to prominence in the regime of King Bir Singh Deo of Orchha. He was in good terms with Jahangir, the then emperor of the Mughal dynasty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Jhansi Fort is a colossal structure with 10 mighty gates. The Lord Shiva temple, the Lord Ganesh temple and the Kadak Bijli Canon are some of the prominent sights in the interior of the fort. The canon was used to fight the British army in the Uprising of 1857<\/strong>. Some of the historic sites in the fort tell the story of courage and bravery that Rani Laxmi Bai held an example of during the Sepoy Mutiny. The Rani Mahal, added to the fort in the second half of the 18th century, has been converted into an archaeological museum.<\/p>\n