Lok Sabha Question No. 616 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-24
Subject: Amount Allocated to Forts in Maharashtra
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.616 ANSWERED ON 24.07.2023

## AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO FORTS IN MAHARASHTRA

## 616. SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether forts in the State of Maharashtra have been declared as monuments of national importance
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the amount allocated to Maharashtra during the last 5 years for the maintenance of these forts and the amount utilized till date; and
- (d) the number of forts under consideration of the Government to be declared as centrally protected monuments?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

## (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) There  are  47  forts  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  which  are  declared  to  be  of  national
- & importance. Details are given at Annexure.

(b)

- (c) Amount allocated and utilized for  conservation and maintenance of protected monuments and areas in Maharashtra during the last five years are given as under:

(Amount in  Crore)

| Year    |   Allocation |   Expenditure |
|---------|--------------|---------------|
| 2018-19 |        17.9  |         17.9  |
| 2019-20 |        20.98 |         20.98 |
| 2020-21 |        18.16 |         18.16 |
| 2021-22 |        24.5  |         24.49 |
| 2022-23 |        39.05 |         39.04 |

- (d) At present no such proposal is under consideration.

## ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)&(b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.616 FOR 24.07.2023.

## LIST OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED FORTS IN MAHARASHTRA

|   S.No. | Centrally Protected monument/Fort                               | Locality   | District   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|
|       1 | Balapur Fort                                                    | Balapur    | Akola      |
|       2 | Narnala Fort                                                    | Narnala    | Akola      |
|       3 | Gawilgarh Fort (the walls and the whole area contained by them) | Chikaldara | Amravati   |
|       4 | City wall of Nawab Ismail Khan                                  | Ellichpur  | Amravati   |
|       4 | Dula gate                                                       | Ellichpur  | Amravati   |
|       4 | Haripura Gate                                                   | Ellichpur  | Amravati   |
|       4 | Jiwanpura Gate                                                  | Ellichpur  | Amravati   |
|       5 | Fort                                                            | Partabgarh | Bhandara   |
|       6 | All the remains of the circumambulation wall of Pauni Fort      | Pauni      | Bhandara   |
|       7 | Fort wall                                                       | Ballarpur  | Chandrapur |
|       8 | Fort                                                            | Bhandak    | Chandrapur |
|       9 | Fort wall                                                       | Chandrapur | Chandrapur |
|      10 | Remains of an old Fort                                          | Khatora    | Chandrapur |
|      11 | Fortress of Tipagarh                                            | Murmagaon  | Gadchiroli |
|      12 | Fort wall                                                       | Wairagrah  | Gadchiroli |
|      13 | Remains of an old fort on the hill                              | Bhiwargarh | Nagpur     |
|      14 | Fort                                                            | Dongartal  | Nagpur     |
|      15 | Fort                                                            | Paunar     | Wardha     |
|      16 | Daulatabad Fort,                                                | Daulatabad | Aurangabad |
|      17 | Panhala Fort                                                    | Panhala    | Kolhapur   |
|      18 | Shivneri Fort                                                   | Junnar     | Pune       |
|      19 | Lohgad Fort                                                     | Lohgad     | Pune       |
|      20 | Rajmachi Fort                                                   | Rajmachi   | Pune       |
|      21 | Visapur Fort                                                    | Visapur    | Pune       |
|      22 | Suvarna Durg                                                    | Dapoli/    | Ratnagiri  |
|      23 | Jaygad Fort                                                     | Jaygad     | Ratnagiri  |
|      24 | Sindhudurg                                                      | Malvan     | Sindhudurg |
|      25 | Vijaydurg                                                       | Vijaydurg  | Sindhudurg |
|      26 | Aurangzeb's Fort                                                | Machnur    | Sholapur   |
|      27 | Sholapur Fort                                                   | Sholapur   | Sholapur   |
|      28 | Sion Fort                                                       | Sion       | Mumbai     |

|   29 | Mahuli Fort                                                     | Mahuli     | Thane   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------|---------|
|   30 | Bassein Fort                                                    | Vasai      | Thane   |
|   31 | Arnala Fort                                                     | Vasai      | Thane   |
|   32 | Hirakot                                                         | Alibag     | Raigad  |
|   33 | Alibag (Kolaba) Fort                                            | Alibag     | Raigad  |
|   34 | Birwadi Fort                                                    | Birwadi    | Roha    |
|   35 | Rajkot                                                          | Cheul      | Raigad  |
|   36 | Chandragad                                                      | Poladpur   | Raigad  |
|   37 | Surgad Fort Gherasurgad                                         | Roha       | Raigad  |
|   38 | Ghosalgad Fort                                                  | Roha       | Raigad  |
|   39 | Kadasari Fort                                                   | Kangori    | Raigad  |
|   40 | Korlai Fort                                                     | Alibag     | Raigad  |
|   41 | Avchitgad Fort                                                  | Medhe Roha | Raigad  |
|   42 | Kamsa/Kasa Fort                                                 | Murud      | Raigad  |
|   43 | Janjira Fort                                                    | Murud      | Raigad  |
|   44 | Raigad Fort                                                     | Mahad      | Raigad  |
|   45 | Tala Fort                                                       | Mangaon    | Raigad  |
|   46 | Songad (Songiri)                                                | Achloli    | Raigad  |
|   47 | Kotali Fort with two iron 13-14 Century AD Guns& one Bronze Gun | Peth       | Raigad  |

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