The site was selected as auspicious on the basis of a good omen of a hare chasing the hound, a common legend of the times in the building of many forts in India.

A force led by his subordinate Afzal Khan defeated and killed and the Sira chief Kasturi Rangappa Nayaka.

[7] Malik Husen, who was the then made the governor, completed the construction of the fort and also built a mud wall enclosing the town.

However, the local Archaeology Conservation Engineer defending his work said the brick layer (1.5 inches thick) removed was too thin to be retrieved and not available in the market and that the outer layer would be restored with older bricks and the original openings of placement of gun and canons would be restored fully including repair of parapet walls.

This was resolved by the Government of India by keeping a safe margin of 90 metres (300 ft) between the fort boundary and the highway.