Firozpur Fort

Firozpur Fort is a hexagonal fortress in the city of Firozpur, Punjab, near the border with Pakistan. Some accounts say it was first built under Feroze Shah Tughlaq, who reigned from 1351 to 1388; others date it to the Sikh period. After Lachhman Kaur died and the Ferozepore jagir came under direct British rule in 1835, the Duke of Wellington gave orders for the British to take over the fort, and by 1839 it was a garrison.

By 1858 its arsenal was making several kinds of munitions, and at any time it held some 10,000 bullocks, as many horses and 150 camels. It later became a base depot supplying weapons, ammunition and trained animals, and remained an arsenal until 1941, when the ammunition moved to Kasubegu. Hitler mentioned the fort in Mein Kampf and later saw it as a key target in the Second World War. The Golden Arrow Division of the Indian Army has recently reopened it to the public.