Rangna Fort

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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.

Rangna Fort

(or Prasidhagarh) A favourite fort of Sivajl, situated on a flat-topped hill in the Kolhapur State, Bombay, about 55 miles south-west of Kolhapur city. The hill is steep on three sides, with an easy ascent on the north. The top is girt by a wall of rough blocks, leaving thiee pathways down the hill. The fort is 4,750 feet from east to west, by 2,240 feet from north to south. It was taken in 1659 by Sivajl and repaired, and has since remained in Maratha hands, but was dismantled in 1844 by order of the British.