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Introduction The Chittorgarh Fort, India has seen many battles and some of the biggest battles in the history of India. This fort has seen many soldiers die bravely. It has seen the cry and the innocent shouts of the women and the children of the immortal soldiers whose blood has washed the walls of this fort with their sacrifice. This fort symbolizes the doomed romantic ideal of the Rajput Chivalry. It testifies the great sacrifices that the Rajput warriors had made while fighting superior enemies and the fact that they never ever submitted or fell at the mercy of the enemy soldiers. This is the untold story of this fort, which lives, still today in the very heart of the Chittorgarh Fort, India. The Colossal Walls It is said that Bhim who was one of the strongest Pandavas started this fort. This speaks volumes of the strength and the power of this fort. Moreover the tides of history had also tested its walls and it had proved itself time and again. The Chittorgarh Fort, India is believed to have been the capital of the Gahlot and Sisodia Kings who ruled Mewar from the eight and the sixteenth century AD. The fort actually derives its name from Chittrangad Mauraya. It is a massive fort that is built in the hilltop near the Chittorgarh town, which is situated in the Rajasthan state in India. It stands on a 180-meter high hill and is spread around an area of 280-hectare site.
To access the forts one has to go through zigzag paths interrupted at intervals by seven enormous gateways or "Pols". These seven Pols are Padan Pol, Bhairon Pol, Hanuman Pol, Ganesh Pol, Jorla Pol, Lakshman Pol, and Ram Pol. Apart from these Pols there are also some of the palaces, which are inside the fort. There are some reservoirs also and a lot of temples. There were also some of the most famous battles faced by this fort. They were the battle by Ala-ud-Din Khilji in 1303, Bahadur Shah in 1535 and Akbar in 1568. With its famous past and the glory that it had in the past, Chittorgarh Fort, India today stands by holding its high.
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