Erode Fort

Erode Fort was a fort in Erode, India. Francis Buchanan described it in 1800 as being

... a large mud fort, occupied by a battalion of Sepoys, which, in this part of the country, now procures a ready supply of recruits... In the government of [Hyder Ali] the suburb contained about 3000 houses. [Tipu Sultan’s] government had reduced them one third part, and the whole was entirely destroyed during the invasion of General Meadows.[1]

Erode Fort
Part of Tamil Nadu
Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Erode Fort
Coordinates11.35°N 77.73°E / 11.35; 77.73
TypeForts
Site information
Controlled byGovernment of Tamil Nadu
ConditionRuins

References

  1. "Erode Fort". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 18 January 2009.
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