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Songir fort
Dhule is a settlement on the Mumbai-Agra highway, on the north side of the 19-kilometer-away Songir village. Songir settlement is located near a suvarngiri or songir fort. It is constructed at a strategic location. It rises 304 metres above sea level. Songir fort information is accessible beginning about 1370. The Farooqi Sultans controlled this fort. Following that, he was ruled by the Mughals, Marathas, and, eventually, the British. It was seized by the British in 1818. The focus is drawn to the circular bastions made of black stone. This fort’s ruins have likewise collapsed.