Singorgarh
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Singorgarh (सिंगौरगढ़) is a fort located in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Singorgarh fort is about 45 km from Jabalpur city, on the way to Damoh town. It is located about 10 km off road from Sangrampur village on Jabalpur-Damoh road near the border of Jabalpur district..
Variants
- Singaurgarh सिंगौरगढ़, जिला दमोह, म.प्र. (AS, p.957)
- Singhorgarh (सिंघोरगढ़)
- Singorgadh (सिंगोरगढ़)
History
It is a hill-fort of Garha Kingdom which is spread over hills in a forested area. It was a magnificent fort and residence of Rajgond rulers of Central India. They spend some times of a year in Singorgarh fort. At present, fort is in a ruined condition with no caretaker. It is located inside forest area and there is no proper road to reach the site. By looking at current ruined site, one can realize that during its peak days, thousands of people were living here and fort was spread over large area and many watch towers are still visible in this area. There is pond also in hill-top which was basically for water arrangement. During last war of Garha Kingdom dynasty, under rule of Rani Durgavati, fort received major blow of first attack in June-1564. During those days, Rani Durgavati was staying in same Singorgarh Fort and later shifted to Chouragarh fort of Narsinghpur.
Before coming in hand of Gond rulers, Singorgarh fort was under Chandel rulers in 1308. It was Gond ruler Sangram shah who conquered the Singorgarh fort in early period of 16th century. Sangram Shah was a powerful Gond ruler and was Father in Law of Rani Durgavati. It was year 1564 when Mughal army, led by Asaf Khan (from Kunda, Uttar Pradesh), with assistance of Rewa rulers, attacked the Gond Kingdom. In those days, Mughal ruler Akbar ordered his general Asaf Khan of Kunda, to attack the Gond dynasty as he was jealous of Gond dynasty's prosperity and sovereignty. In summers of year 1564, Mughal army reached Gond kingdom border. During that time, Rani Durgavati was ruling the kingdom and was present in same Singorgarh fort. When she came to know about the huge army of more than 70,000 soldiers, she decided to leave the fort and shifted to Garha fort of Jabalpur and major war took place in this area. While marching towards Jabalpur, Mughal army first reached Singorgarh fort and attacked here in which fort was badly damaged and since then, although ruled but never gained its previous prosperity and gleam.
सिंगौरगढ़ (जिला दमोह, म.प्र.)
सिंगौरगढ़ (AS, p.957) का ऐतिहासिक किला जिला दमोह, म.प्र. में स्थित है. गढ़मंडला की रानी वीरांगना दुर्गावती के ससुर राजा संग्रामसाह (मृत्यु 1540) के 52 गढों में सिंगौरगढ़ की भी गणना थी. संग्रामशाह के पुत्र और दुर्गावती के पति दलपतशाह ने मदनमहल (जबलपुर के निकट) को छोड़कर सिंगौरगढ़ में अपनी राजधानी बनाई थी. उन्होंने यहां के किले को बढ़ाकर उसे सुदृढ़ बनाया था. यह किला परिहार राजपूतों के समय में निर्मित हुआ था. गौंड राजाओं के समय के अवशेष भी यहां से प्राप्त हुए हैं. [1]
संग्रामपुर
संग्रामपुर (AS, p.928) = सिंग्रामपुर दमोह ज़िला , मध्य प्रदेश का ऐतिहासिक स्थान है। यह सिंगौरगढ़ से प्रायः चार मील दूर वह स्थल है, जहां गढ़मंडला की वीरांगना रानी दुर्गावती और मुग़ल बादशाह अकबर की सेनाओं में घोर युद्ध हुआ था, जिसके फलस्वरूप रानी वीरतापूर्वक लड़ते हुए मारी गई थी। इस स्थान पर हुए युद्ध में अकबर की सेना आसफ़ ख़ाँ अध्यक्षता में थी। रानी दुर्गावती का स्मारक उनकी मृत्यु के स्थान पर अभी तक वर्तमान में है। संग्रामपुर ग्राम राजा संग्रामसिंह के नाम पर प्रसिद्ध है, जो रानी दुर्गावती के श्वसुर थे। इनकी मृत्यु 1540 ई. में हुई थी।[2]
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Gallery
Singorgarh, Photo courtesy-CS Pandey
Singorgarh, Photo courtesy-CS Pandey
Singorgarh, Photo courtesy-CS Pandey
Rani Durgawati Sangrahalay Damoh, Photo courtesy-CS Pandey
, Photo courtesy-CS Pandey
Devi Rukmini (Amba Devi), Gyaraspur, Vidisha (8-9 Century) at Rani Durgawati Sangrahalay Damoh. , Photo courtesy-CS Pandey
Hegreev, Mohad Damoh (10-11 Century), Rani Durgawati Sangrahalay Damoh. , Photo courtesy-CS Pandey
Abhigyan Ram, Dhauni Damoh, Rani Durgawati Sangrahalay Damoh. , Photo courtesy-CS Pandey
