page_title: Kharda
section_title: Historical fort
hierarchical_section_title: Kharda / Historical fort
caption_attribution_description: English: Kharda Fort Located in Kharda
context_page_description: Kharda is a township in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It lies near Ahmednagar District’s south-eastern border with Osmanabad District and Beed District, and is 18 km south-east of Patoda. Rajuri is 17 km north-west, while Int is 13 km towards the south-east. Ahmednagar is around 100 km north-west. Kharda is well connected to the taluka headquarters of Jamkhed via road.
context_section_description: A historical fort at Kharda is a tourist attraction. It commemorates the Battle of Kharda fought in 1795 between the Maratha Confederacy under the Peshwa of Pune and the Nizam of Hyderabad. 
  The Nizam was defeated in the battle and was Maratha's last battle. The fort is at ground level and still in good condition. Sultanraje Nimbalkar was the last ruler of this fort. The defeat was a politics as recorded by the Historians.
  It is also being called Bhamtyache Gaon.
  In The fort Historical Mosque (Musjeed)
  Nanasahebanchi Chhatri
  There is memorial temple very attractively built and carved in the stones such like as Kailas Lene at Ellora. This temple is the memory of Pant Nanasaheb Nimbalkar, situated to northern side of the village, at the shore of the river-Kautuka.
  Bara Jyotirling 
  The village kharda also surrounded by the Bara Jyotirling means twelve temples of lord Shiva; namely- Kapileshwar, Omkareshwar, balakhadi, Rameshwar, Jyotiba, Rameshwar, Kedareshwar (Satephal), Mallikarhun, Sangameshwar, Ganneshwar etc.
  Kanifnath
  There is also a hill temple called-Kanifnath with more than 400 stairs to get on the hill. The stairs are built with carved stones. On the hill there is a wtching place called 'Tehelani Ghar'. From that sight everyone can see the circular area more than 7 km. The fair of Kanifnath called 'Kanobachi jatra' held every year on HOLI day.
  Kharda is now a village but in Peshvai's times it used to be one of the major towns of Ahmednagar. It was also the trading hub of goods between the districts Ahemednagar, Beed, Osmanabad and Solapur, Dewas
  Taha means the Compromise between Great Maratha and Mughals took place at Shingave Naik under Maratha Sardar The Grand son of Bahirji Naik i.e. Sardar Tukoji naik. Actual place is a Wada or military headquarters of Maratha Sardar- Shrimant Tukoji Naik's Residence. After the Taha or Compromise, Sardar Tukoji Build a Ram Mandir in Shingave Naik within the military headquarters area which is also present there. This symbolised the victory of the Marathas over the Mughals. Shingave Naik is 22 km from Ahmednagar District on Nagar - Shirdi Road.
  Dewang Kosthi Samaj The biggest caste in the Kharda town. Most of people is working on sari wooing on Hadloom this was the biggest business in 1800 and 1900. Now 1250 is the population of this caste.
caption: Kharda Fort
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