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ASAD GAD FORT

Commonly known as AKOLA FORT

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HISTORY

Its earliest form of mud was made by one Akol Singh to protect the
village. He saw a hare chasing a dog and considering this to be an
auspicious sign, he built an earthen wall here to protect the village.
Akola was heavily fortified in 1697 CE during the reign of Aurangzeb by
Asad Khan,[1] from whom the fort took its name (Asadgad). While at The
time of Chatrapati sambhaji Maharaj Maratha army had chased Mughal
troop up to Akola and Murtijapur to terror over mughal for the safety of
people. In 1803, Arthur Wellesley camped here before proceeding to win
the Battle of Argaon in the Second Anglo-Maratha War.[2] The fortress
was dismantled by the British Raj in about 1870. It was reported in 1910
in a district gazetteer that the central part of the fort (the hawakhana)
was used as a school.[

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MAJOR FEATURES
Akola fort is notable in that it is bereft of any
decorative embellishments.[2]
There are several inscriptions on the fort. An
inscription on the Dahi handa gate gives its date of
construction as 1114 AH (1697 CE)deepak, ‘during the
reign of emperor Aurangzeb when Nawab Asad Khan
was minister.’ Another on the Fateh Buruj bastion has
no exact date. It too mentions the same minister but a
different emperor (Shah Alam).[2][3] One on the
Eidgah contains texts and a statement that the
building was finished by Khawja Abdul Latif in 1116
AH (1698 CE)..On the Agarves gate an inscription in
Marathi reads that Govind Appaji in 1843 CE
constructed the fort. The latter statement contradicts
all the other inscriptions.
FOLKLORE
While King Akolsingh was living in the Asadgad Fort, there is a
famous story associated with this payas temple. Every night his
queen went to this temple to worship Shiva at midnight. Once King
Akolsingh thought that his queen was going out at midnight for
illicit reasons, so he followed her with a sword; the queen came to
know that King Akolsingh was following her. She felt gloomy and
guilty and went straight to the Shiva temple and pleaded to the god
that her husband the king was thinking wrong about her, and that it
was insulting that he was having no faith in her loyalty and her
character. So she pleaded to be allowed into Shiva’s Pind (Shiva
Ling) (a stone of God Shiva that is worshipped)”. The Shiva ling
broke in two parts and the queen jumped in, and then it was
closed. The king understood his mistake and could not forgive
himself. Still the Shiva ling in this temple has a little crack which is
said to corroborate this story. This temple is the base aastha of
this Akola city. There are 2 bridges: the first one is the dagadi pool
(stone bridge) (also known as ‘chota pool’ meaning smaller bridge)
and the other is lokhand pool (iron bridge) (also known as ‘motha
pool’ meaning bigger bridge). This iron bridge was built at the time
of British rule.
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