Gagron Fort

Gagron Fort stands 5 kilometres from Jhalawar in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan, where the Ahu river joins the Kali Sindh. Rivers enclose it on three sides and a moat guards the fourth, which earned it the name Jaladurg, water fort. In 2013 it was inscribed, with five other forts, as part of the Hill Forts of Rajasthan World Heritage Site.

Tradition credits Raja Madho Bhil with the foundations, and in the 12th century it passed to Bijaldev Singh Dod, a Parmar Rajput, before the Khinchi rulers held it for some 300 years; parts of it are thought to date from the 7th to 14th centuries. In 1423 Sultan Hoshang Shah of Malwa attacked with 30,000 cavalry and 84 war elephants. The ruler Achal Das Khinchi fought to the death rather than surrender, and many women committed jauhar. Sher Shah and Akbar later held the fort.