Chittorgarh Fort

Chittorgarh Fort is the largest fort in India and also the grandest within the state of Rajasthan. it's a World Heritage place. The fort plainly called Chittor was the capital of Mewar and is these days located many kilo metres south of Bhilwara. it absolutely was at the start dominated by Guhilot and later by Sisodias the Suryavanshi clans of Chattari Rajputs, from the 7th century, till it absolutely was finally abandoned in 1568 after the siege by Emperor Akbar in 1567. It sprawls majestically over a hill a hundred and eighty m (590.6 ft) tall touch a neighborhood of 280 angular distance (691.9 acres) on top of the plains of the valley drained by the Berach stream. The fort city district with an reminiscent history is studded with a series of historical palaces, gates, temples and 2 outstanding commemoration towers. These monumental ruins have impressed the imagination of tourists and writers for hundreds of years.

The fort was despoiled thrice between the 15th and 16th centuries; in 1303 Allauddin Khilji defeated Rana rattan Singh, in 1535 Bahadur Shah, the swayer of Gujarat defeated Bikramjeet Singh and in 1567 Emperor Akbar defeated Maharana Udai Singh II who left the fort and based Udaipur. whenever the men fought bravely speeding out of the fort walls charging the enemy however lost on every occasion. 

Following these defeats, Jauhar was committed thrice by quite 13,000 women and kids of the Rajput heroes who ordered their lives in battles at Chittorgarh Fort, initial led by ranee Padmini wife of rana Rattan Singh who was killed within the battle in 1303, and later by ranee Karnavati in 1537 AD
 

The fort has total seven gates. All the gateways to the fort are engineered as huge stone structures with secure fortifications for military defense.The doors of the gates with pointed arches ar strengthened to avert elephants and cannon shots.