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Given the history of loot and plunder by Maratha forces in Bengal, the naming of a fort in Kolkata after the proud military ...
The defence ministry’s decision to rename Kolkata’s historic Fort William as Vijaydurg, after a fort in Maharashtra’s ...
Job Charnock may have been the most famous of the early Englishmen to come to this part of the country but contemporary ...
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Fort William, as the name suggests ... The Marble Palace is near Chorbagan in North Kolkata and was built in 1835 by Rajendra Mallick. This palace is popular for its art collection which includes ...
KOLKATA (PTI): In a bid to move away from the colonial legacy, the Indian Army has renamed Eastern Command headquarters Fort William in Kolkata as 'Vijay Durg', a Defence official has said. In a ...
In the latest step toward eliminating colonial practices and mindsets within the armed forces, Fort William in Kolkata, the headquarters of the Eastern Army Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg.
Kolkata: The renaming of the nearly 250-year-old Fort William — the only fort in the world where not a single shot was ever fired — to Vijay Durg by the Narendra Modi govt found little favour ...
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata’s historic eastern army command Fort William has been renamed Vijay Durg, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. Constructed in 1781, the historic Fort William was named ...
The entirety of the construction ended in 1716, according to the Government of India website. The city of Kolkata is said to have evolved around Fort William. The Indian Army’s current-day Eastern ...