Mohammadpur Fort

       

District  :   Magura
Upazila  :   Mohammadpur

About 15 miles from Magura district town, Mohammadpur Upazila is famous for the architectural architecture built by Sittaram Roy, one of the renowned kings of the seventeenth century. One of the architectures is "Mohammadpur Fort". It is known that this fort was built in the late 16th century. The fort was built in a square. The length of each side of the castle was more than 1 mile. Its wall was built with complete soil. There was a very deep and wide trench outside the castle. It is said that this trench would look like a river. Currently there are some ruins of this fort. Inside the fort, there were several ponds including Raja Sitaram's rajprasad, luxury house, ammunition, factory, toshakhana, koskhana, daswuja temples, Jorabangala Krishna temple, Shiva temple, Dolmancha. In 1714, on the order of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan, Bakht Ali Khan defeated Sitaram and captured him. Later, Sitaram was sentenced to death. After the death of Sitaram, the zamindar of Natore received the responsibility of this place. There was a large earth wall on the south side of the Mohammadpur fort, it was known as the outside average. There is an ancient and famous Dighi that is excavated by Raja Sitaram. Dighi is known as Ramsagar.

        

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