Bhadra Fort

Bhadra Fort was founded in 1411 by Ahmad Shah I on the east bank of the Sabarmati, when he made Ahmedabad the capital of the Gujarat Sultanate. The foundation stone was laid at Manek Burj. A plaque at the gate says the palace took its name from an old Rajput citadel at Anhilwada-Patan, though another account links it to a Bhadra Kali temple of Maratha times. The square fort covered about 43 acres, with 162 houses and eight gates.

The space inside was built over by 1525, and a second, outer wall about 10 kilometres round with 12 gates was raised by Mahmud Begada. The fort later passed to the Mughals, the Marathas and the British, who used it as a prison. In 2014 the municipal corporation and the Archaeological Survey of India restored its palaces, mosques, gates and open spaces as a cultural centre.