Akhnoor Fort | Akhnoor | Jammu

Located 28 kilometres from Jammu City, Akhnoor Fort is a fort on the Chenab River's right bank (formerly known as Asikni).

Raja Tegh Singh began building the fort in 1762 CE, and his successor Raja Alam Singh finished it in 1802. At the fort's Jia Pota ghat on the Chenab riverbed, Maharaja Ranjeet Singh crowned Maharaja Gulab Singh on June 17, 1822.

The fort has thick defensive walls, bastions spaced at regular intervals, and battlements on top. At each corner are two-story watchtowers with battlements and merlons at their tops.[2] The fort is divided into two halves by a wall, and the wall's southern side contains a gate leading to the palace. The two-story palace has ornamented arches on the walls facing the courtyard, some of which have mural paintings.

Both the northern and riverside sides provide access to Akhnoor Fort. The fort used to be largely in ruins, but preservation work is currently being done.

The fort was declared a National Monument in 1982 under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 and is under the Archaeological Survey of India’s jurisdiction.