Malerkotla Fort

Punjab · India · Fort

In the crumbling 16th-century stronghold of the Nawabs of Malerkotla, fallen soldiers and imprisoned freedom fighters are said to still walk the halls.

The fort at Malerkotla was raised in the 16th century as the seat of the town's Nawabs, rulers of Punjab's only Muslim princely state, and has lived through centuries of feuds and sieges. During the colonial era parts of the complex are said to have served as a prison, and local accounts hold that the memory of the dead lingers in its walls. Visitors have reported soldierly figures in the corridors, doors slamming shut on their own and footsteps sounding through empty halls. Among the town's elders it is said that the Nawabs' courtiers never quite left their decaying residence.

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Where is Malerkotla Fort located?

Malerkotla Fort is in Punjab, India.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.