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SHERGARH FORT
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The fort  is situated about 7 km south of Dholpur city on the left bank of the Chambal river near a road bridge on the National Highway No. 2.  The fort was built earlier and was enlarged, repaired and used by Shershah Suri in A.D. 1540. The stone fort has four gates and is entered from east through a large gate.  The fort has palace buildings, a temple of Hanuman and a tomb, besides some ruined structures.
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Notification No. Act No. LXXI of 1951 dated 28.11.1951
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Ownership Status Government
Topographical Features The fort is situated  on the bank of river Chambal.
1 Chandramani Singh (ed.), Protected Monuments of Rajasthan (Jaipur 2002);
2 K.K. Sehgal (ed.), Rajasthan District Gazetteers, Bharatpur District (Jaipur 1971); and 
3 List of Objects of Antiquarian Interest in the States of  Rajputana Ajmer and Abu, 1903-06.
Locality Tehsil District State
Shergarh (26º 40’ 12” N, 77º 54’ 09” E) Dholpur Dholpur Rajasthan