Shaniwarwada (शनिवारवाडा) is a palace fort in the city of Pune in Maharashtra, India. Built in 1736
, it was the seat of the
Peshwa rulers of the Maratha Empire) until 1818 when the
Peshwas surrendered to the British. The fort itself was largely destroyed in 1828 by an unexplained fire, but the surviving structures are now maintained as a tourist site.
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