Lohogarh

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Lohogarh

Fort in the Maval Taluka of Poona District, Bombay, situated in 18° 42' N. and 73° 29 E., near the top of the Bor pass, about 4 miles west of Khandala. Population (1901), 237. Loho- garh is a fort of some antiquity and importance, and was possibly the Olochoera of Ptolemy. In modern times it is mentioned as one of the Bahmani forts taken by Malik Ahmad, the founder of the Nizam Shahi dynasty. In 1648 Sivaji surprised it, but eighteen years later had to surrender it to the Mughals. It was retaken in 1670, and was afterwards made a subdivisional head-quarters and a treasury. Kanhoji Angria, the Maratha pirate, seized it in 17 13. Subsequently, during the British operations against the last Maratha Peshwa Bajl Rao in 1818, Lohogarh was occupied by Lieutenant-Colonel Brother. Till as late as 1845 the fort was garrisoned by a British commandant and a few troops.