Munger Fort

The Munger Fort, located at Munger, in the state of Bihar, India, is built on a rocky hillock on the south bank of the Ganges River. Its history is not completely dated but it is believed that it was built during the early rule of Slave dynasty of India. The Munger town where the fort is situated was under the control of Muhammad bin Tughluq of Delhi. The fort has two prominent hills called the Karnachaura or Karanchaura, and the other a built up rectangular mound deduced to be the location of a citadel of the fort with historical links. The fort had a succession of Muslim rulers (Khaljis, Tughlaqs, Lodis, Nawabs of Bengal, followed by Mughal rulers, till it was finally acceded to the British by Mir Quasim, after unseating his father-in-law Mīr Jafar on the grounds of old age, for a monetary reward negotiated by Vansittart. This deal involved payment by the East India Company's merchants of an ad valorem duty of 9 percent, against an Indian merchant's duty of 40%. The fort became a place of considerable importance to the British in Bengal till 1947.

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  Munger Fort ⓘ
  fort in Munger, Bihar, India

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Fort of Munger

William Daniell - Bridge and Patna Gate and Monghyr Fort - B1975.4.1492 - Yale Center for British Art

Thomas Daniell - Pinnace sailing down the Ganges past Monghyr Fort - Google Art Project

Fort at Monghyr on the river Ganges, India. Coloured etching Wellcome V0050406

William Hodges - The East End of the Fort of Mongheer (Monghyr) - B1978.43.1732 - Yale Center for British Art

Painting of the line-up of Sikh army guns: drawn by horse, bullock, camel, and elephant

William Hodges - A View of the Fort of Mongheer (Monghyr) Upon the Banks of the River Ganges - B1978.43.1739 - Yale Center for British Art

The Sikh Trophy Guns 'forming up' in the fort of Monghyr - Orunodoi (magazine)

Fort at Monghyr on the river Ganges, India. Coloured etching Wellcome V0050406 (cropped)

A View of the Fort of Mongheer, upon the banks of the River Ganges

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	fort		Munger Fort	fort	Wikidata
commons	image		Fort of Munger		Commons
commons	image		William Daniell - Bridge and Patna Gate and Monghyr Fort - B1975.4.1492 - Yale Center for British Art		Commons
commons	image		Thomas Daniell - Pinnace sailing down the Ganges past Monghyr Fort - Google Art Project		Commons
commons	image		Fort at Monghyr on the river Ganges, India. Coloured etching Wellcome V0050406		Commons
commons	image		William Hodges - The East End of the Fort of Mongheer (Monghyr) - B1978.43.1732 - Yale Center for British Art		Commons
commons	image		Painting of the line-up of Sikh army guns: drawn by horse, bullock, camel, and elephant		Commons
commons	image		William Hodges - A View of the Fort of Mongheer (Monghyr) Upon the Banks of the River Ganges - B1978.43.1739 - Yale Center for British Art		Commons
commons	image		The Sikh Trophy Guns 'forming up' in the fort of Monghyr - Orunodoi (magazine)		Commons
commons	image		Fort at Monghyr on the river Ganges, India. Coloured etching Wellcome V0050406 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		A View of the Fort of Mongheer, upon the banks of the River Ganges		Commons