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Kuchesar Fort, also known as the Mud Fort[1], is an 18th-century fort located at Kuchesar in Bulandshahr, India. Built in 1734, the fort is surrounded by 100 acres of mangrove forest.[2][3] Today, it is a heritage hotel [4] formed by the restoration of a section of Ajit Singh's ancestral property, which was formerly a part of the princely state of Kuchesar. The Kuchesar Fort was originally made of mud, hence its nickname "Mud Fort."[1]

History

The rulers of Kuchesar built the fort sometime in the mid-18th century.[1] This Kuchesar "Mud Fort" was granted to Ramdhan Singh's family in perpetual lease by the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II in 1790, a grant confirmed by the British in 1807[5]. Ajit Singh's family acquired Kuchesar Fort during the eighteenth century when the Naji ad-Dawlah bestowed the Jat family with the title of Rao Bahadur. The fort was restored by Neemrana Hotels and turned into a heritage-style hotel in 1994.[3][2][6] The family occupies a portion of the hotel, including the former reception area and colonial-style dining halls.

The fort is located in Kuchesar, a princely estate in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, which is 80 km from Delhi, off the NH 24. It was the seat of Jat princely estate during the Mughal Empire and the British Raj. The Jat people vied with the Marathas, Rohillas, as well as with French colonists and explorers and the British East India Company, after the decline of the Mughal Empire.


References

  1. ^ a b c "Mud Fort - Kuchesar, Uttar Pradesh | Things to do in Uttar Pradesh". www.tourism-of-india.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Sandhu, Veenu (9 April 2011). "No royalty". Business Standard News. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Ruins revisited: Forts and palaces get a fresh lease of life thanks to the son and Francis Wacziarg of Neemrana Hotels". The Hindu. 29 July 2004.
  4. ^ "Mud Fort Kuchesar Heritage Hotel | TMud Fort Kuchesar Heritage Hotel". www.mudfortkuchesar.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ Morland, Sir Thomas Lethbridge Napier (1865–1925). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 28 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Kuchesar Mud Fort, as a Heritage Hotel". worldarchitecture.org. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

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