Monday, January 21, 2013

INDIA 12.12.12 CARD

PICTORIAL CANCELLATION

Cancellation depicts fort of pune named Sinhgad (Marathi: सिंहगड, The Lion's Fort)
SinhagadSinhgarh, or Sinhgad (Marathi: सिंहगड, The Lion's Fort), is a fortress located roughly 30 kilometres southwest of the city of PuneIndia. Previously called Kondhana (Marathi: कोंढाणा), the fort has been the site of many important battles, most notably the battle of Sinhagad in 1670. It was also strategically located at the centre of a string of other forts such as RajgadPurandar and Torna.
Perched on an isolated cliff of the Bhuleswar range of the Sahyadri Mountains, it is situated on a hill rising 1312 metres above sea level. Given natural protection by its very steep slopes, the walls and bastions were constructed at only key places; it has two gates – the Kalyan Darwaza in the south-east and the Pune Darwaza in the north-east

FROM INDIA

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