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Kolkata's iconic Fort William renamed, will be known as Vijay Durg
Kolkata/IBNS, Feb. 6 -- Kolkata's historic eastern army command Fort William has been renamed Vijay ... Located in the Maidan area, the structure houses some of India's iconic landmarks such ...
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‘It will stay Fort William for many years to come’
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 ...
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Is renaming Fort William an act of erasing empire or erasing history?
The defence ministry’s decision to rename Kolkata’s historic Fort William as Vijaydurg, after a fort in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg, has sparked a debate among historians, military veterans and ...
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How the Old Fort William and St Anne’s Church were lost in the annals of Calcutta’s history
Black Hole Memorial in Kolkata Over time, the old Fort William gradually vanished from the conscious mind space of the city. All that remains today are the obscure brass lines from where we had ...
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Half-mast at Fort William, food festival at Sovabazar Rajbari and other Kolkata news in pictures
My Kolkata Web Desk Published 27.12.24, 06:40 PM ...