Bhujia Fort

Bhujia Fort crowns Bhujia Hill on the edge of Bhuj in Kutch, Gujarat, overlooking the town. Rao Godji I began fortifying the hill as an outer defence for his capital, and the work was largely done under his son Deshalji I (1718–1741), with the Diwan Devakaran Sheth leading it. The fort saw six major battles, mostly in the 18th century, between the Rajput rulers of Kutch and both Sindhi raiders and the Mughal governors of Gujarat.

In one, when the Mughal viceroy Sher Buland Khan invaded, a band of Naga Bawas got the gate opened on the pretext of worshipping at a Nag temple and joined the fight that routed his army; they still hold a place in the Nag Panchami procession. The British took the fort in 1819, and the Indian Army occupied it after 1947 until moving out after the 2001 earthquake. Partly ruined, it is entered through two main gates, with scattered buildings inside and a damaged parapet on top.