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

In the latest step toward eliminating colonial practices and mindsets within the armed forces, Fort William in Kolkata, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kolkata: Fort William, the Indian Army's Eastern Command headquarters, has been reportedly renamed Vijay Durg, in a major move to remove colonial imprints. Supreme Court Dismisses Karnataka HC's ...

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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 ...

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 said on Wednesday. In a decision ...