Fort William, named after King William III of England, was constructed by the British in 1781. The new name, Vijay Durg, is ...

Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata’s historic eastern army command Fort William has been renamed Vijay Durg, the Defence Ministry said on ...

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 ...

Fort William in Kolkata, the headquarters of the Indian Army's Eastern Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg. The fort was originally named after a monarch who played a crucial role in the rise and ...

the first being the Kolkata Medical College. The heritage committee members have preserved some old medical equipment and photographs, including 120-year-old group photos of students with British ...

While three of these faced River Hooghly, on whose banks the Fort stands, the others overlooked open land what was then known as the Glacis. This open land is today called the Kolkata Maidan," the ...

Kolkata: Fort William, the Indian Army's Eastern Command headquarters, has been reportedly renamed Vijay Durg, in a major move to remove colonial imprints. While the official announcement is still ...

In an effort to shed colonial influences, the Indian Army has renamed the Eastern Command headquarters in Kolkata from Fort William to 'Vijay Durg'. Additionally, other structures within the fort have ...

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The Indian Army has decided to rename its Eastern Command headquarters Fort William in Kolkata as 'Vijay Durg' as part of the Modi government's decolonisation efforts. Colombia's president orders ...