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Photo: Photo by Anonymous via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)The first fort a teenage Shivaji captured, in 1646, marking the symbolic beginning of the Maratha Empire.
A hill fort in the Sahyadri range near Pune, historically significant as the site captured by Maratha general Tanaji Malusare in 1670 before his fatal battle at Sinhagad, and later associated with Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's expanding territorial control. Its steep, largely unrestored approach and scenic ridge-top views make it a popular trekking destination. The fort remains free to visit with no formal ticketing infrastructure. Ruins of bastions and water cisterns survive along its perimeter.
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Built in 1892 as an act of charity during a famine, it later became a prison. Gandhi was held here during Quit India, and Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai died in custody. Their memorials stand in the garden.
Believed to be where the young Shivaji spent his childhood. What stands today is a 1980s reconstruction after fire destroyed the original.
Sambhaji, Shivaji's son, was born here, and here in 1665 Shivaji signed a treaty ceding forts to the Mughals.