Towering over Banasar village in Solan district, the 200-year-old Gorkha fort remains a weathered sentinel, echoing tales of its glorious past. Built in the early 1800s by Amar Singh Thapa, the legendary Gorkha commander who ruled the hills between 1805 and 1815, the fort was once a formidable outpost that safeguarded the Himalayan frontiers.