Quetta Fort

Quetta Fort
Quetta Qilla
Quetta, Balochistan^[1]
Coordinates	30°12′N 67°00′E / 30.200°N 67.000°E / 30.200; 67.000
Site information
Owner	Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan
Site history
Built	1867 (1867)
In use	1947 (1947)

Quetta Fort (in natives known as Quetta Qilla) is a fortress and a military garrison built by the British Empire for their strategic use. The fort is also known as Sandeman Fort.

In 1876 the British permanently took control of Quetta from Khans of Killat and made Robert Sandeman political agent of British Administrated Balochistan, That's how the Quetta Fort is also known as Fort Sandeman attributed to him.^[2] The fort was a part of British strategy to convert Quetta into a military town.

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Quetta Fort

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