{"id":114073,"date":"2026-07-20T13:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=114073"},"modified":"2026-07-20T13:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:58:16","slug":"narwar-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/narwar-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"Narwar Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Narwar Fort Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A daring overnight theft at Madhya Pradesh&#8217;s Narwar Fort has left authorities scrambling after a 3,000 kg Scindia-era cannon was recently stolen by an armed gang.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Narwar Fort<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a historical fort located in the Shivpuri district of <\/span><b>Madhya Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is spread over nearly 8 sq.km. <\/span><b>atop the Vindhya ranges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and standing about 500 ft above the surrounding plains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Madhav National Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is located a short distance to the <\/span><b>west<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Narwar Fort <\/b><b>History<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Narwar town,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which lies below the fort, is said to have been the <\/span><b>capital of Raja Nala <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the<\/span><b> Sanskrit epic Mahabharata<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and it was <\/span><b>called Nalapura until<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>12th century.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Constructed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><b>Kachwaha Rajputs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>10th century<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Narwar Fort has witnessed the rise and fall of various dynasties.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Successively held<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><b>Kachwaha, Parihara,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tomar-dynasty\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Tomara Rajputs<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it eventually <\/span><b>fell under Mughal rule<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>16th century.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was conquered by the <\/span><b>Maratha chief Scindia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the early <\/span><b>19th century. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Narwar Fort <\/b><b>Architecture<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>interior <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the fort is <\/span><b>divided by cross walls <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into<\/span><b> four sections<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known as \u201cahata\u201d and \u201cdholaahata,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The architecture<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the fort and palaces is basically <\/span><b>Rajput<\/b> <b>in style<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>flat ceilings, fluted columns, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>multifold arches.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The inner walls of the palaces have been decorated with bright paint and glass beads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Outside the walled town<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>memorial pillars of the Tomar chiefs.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/offbeat\/3-000-kg-historic-scindia-era-cannon-stolen-from-madhya-pradeshs-narwar-fort-11787783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NDTV<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narwar Fort is a historical fort located in the Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh. 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