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Paranda
Paranda is a town in Dharashiv (Osmanabad) district of Maharashtra, India, known for its large fort. The fort is traditionally attributed to Mahmud Gawan in the fifteenth century and was one of the strongholds of the Bahmani Sultanate. It later passed to the Nizam Shahis of Ahmadnagar, the Mughals and the Nizams of Hyderabad, and keeps its moat, bastions and cannons.
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