Chunar Fort

# Located at Mirzapur District,on the banks of River Ganga.

# Chunar Town is located in the Vindhyan Ranges.

# Chunar Fort was established by Maharaja Vikramaditya,in the honour of the stay of his Brother Raja Bharthari.

# In 1537 ,Humayun spent 3 months in chunar Fort.

# Sher Shah Suri obtained the possession of the fort by marrying the widow wife of Taj Khan Sarang-Khani,the governor of Ibrahim Lodi.

# Akbar captured the fort and kept it under the mughal Empire for long time and in 1772 East India Company Captured the fort and established it as a depot of Artillery and Ammunition.

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