Tag: Star Fort
Manjarabad – a mystical fort at Sakleshpur in Karnataka
Away from the hustles of the Bengaluru City, between the Bengaluru-Mangaluru highway, stands at an altitude of 3200 meters, the star shaped fort built by Tippu Sultan in 1792 – the Manjarabad Fort. The fort is built in 1792, when Tippu was establishing his sovereignty over Mysore, fighting against the British East India Company. At this time even the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad had aligned with the British. The Sultan wanted to make the highway between Mangalore and Coorg secure for his expansion programmes. He built the fort with the help French engineers, as he was in the ... Read more