Picturesquely perched on the Deccan plateau, the Bidar fort is more than 500 years old and still standing strong.
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19 Facts About Bidar
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The heritage sites in and around Bidar have become the major attraction for film shooting in recent years with Bollywood making visits apart from Kannada film industry.
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Bidar is home for the second biggest Indian Air Force training centre in the country.
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The IAF Station Bidar is used for advanced jet training of prospective fighter pilots on BAe Hawk aircraft.
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Bidar city is known for its Bidri handicraft products, and its rich history.
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Unlike other places in the region, Bidar is the coldest and wettest place in north Karnataka.
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Name of Bidar appears to be derived from 'bidiru' which means bamboo.
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Bidar remained under the Barid Shahi dynasty until conquest by the Bijapur Sultanate in 1619.
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Bidar wrested the Bidar Fort from the Adil Shahis after a 21-day war in 1656.
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Bidar was made a subah in 1656, which Telangana Subah was merged into the next year.
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Bidar soils are deep, well-drained gravelly red clayey soils developed on plateaus of laterites.
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Present day Bidar covers an expanse of 5448 square kilometres of land and lies between 17°35' and 18°25' North latitudes and 76°42' and 77°39' east longitudes.
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Bidar city has a large industrial area known as Kolhar industrial area.
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Bidar earned a place on the World Monument Watchlist 2014.
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WMF in its current watch site for "the historic city of Bidar" says ?challenges to the site include a lack of integrated conservation and maintenance, environmental pollution, and the construction of new developments and roadways that encroach on the historic fabric.
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Bidar Fort is considered one of the most formidable forts of the country.
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Bidar has connectivity with Bangalore, Hyderabad, Sainagar Shirdi, Parbhani Jn, Aurangabad, Latur, Nanded, Manmad, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, Machilipatnam, Vijayawada and Renigunta Construction of the Gulbarga-Bidar link is completed which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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