A History of the Mahrattas v2.c51.48

v2.c51.48

¹ [The fort of Ahmadnagar lies half a mile to the east of the city, and is said to have been built in 1559 by Husain Nizām Shāh on the site of an old fortress of earth, constructed in 1488. The breach made by the British guns in 1803 is still visible. To the north-east of the flag-staff bastion stands a large tamarind tree, known as ‘Wellington’s tree,’ from the tradition that General Wellesley halted beneath it while his troops were besieging the fort. The tree is worshipped by many of the lower classes at Ahmadnagar. (I.G. Bom., i. 409.) See Wellesley’s letter of August 12 to the Governor-General, describing the capture of Ahmadnagar, in Forrest’s Selections (Marāthā Series), i. 605–7.)]