Located near Sonori Village on Pune-Saswad Road, Fort Malhargad is the youngest-built fort of the Maratha empire. Named after Lord Malhari (also known as Khandoba), an avatar of Shiva, this was the last fort built under the rule of the Peshwas.

View from a buruj of the fort

According to Bharat Iitihas Sanshodhak Mandal, the fort was built by Peshwa sardars Krishnaji Madhavrao Panse and Bhivrao Yashvant. Panse was the chief in-charge of Tofkhana (artillery) of the Peshwas from 1757 to 1760. The last rulers of this fort were the British, who won the fort from the Peshwas in 1820.