Jamrud Fort

The Jamrud Fort is located beside Bab-e-Khyber at the entrance to the Khyber Pass from the Peshawar side in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas FATA of Pakistan. In October 1836, Jamrud was lost by the Afghan Durrani Empire and vanquished by the Sikh Empire. Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa 1791-1837, the outstanding Sikh general, proposed to assemble a major fortification at Jamrud.

The proposition was restricted; by the by the establishment of the post that has survived was laid by General Hari Singh Nalwa on 6 Poh 1893 Sambat 18 December 1836 and the development was finished in 54 days Jamrud noted for its fortress worked with 10 feet 3 m thick dividers c.1836 by the Sikh Hari Singh Nalwa, one of Ranjit Singh's officers, was initially named Fatehgarh to celebrate the Sikh triumph over the separated clans.

From the get-go in 1837, Maharaja Ranjit Singh's 1790-1839 grandson Prince Nau Nihal Singh was to be hitched. Hari Singh Nalwa sent his powers to Lahore for this noteworthy festival. As of now, Mr. Fast, an Englishman, beforehand in the administration of the British India Government, went through Jamrud on his approach to Kabul. In transit he experienced Mohammad Akbar Khan, child of Dost Mohammad Khan.