General Z U Shah, who was GOC Bengal Area and retired as the ... Bagha Jatin shared the dream of hoisting the Indian flag together at Fort William. There have been demands to name the fort after ...

The Indian Army’s decision to rename Fort William—the bastion of its Eastern Command in Kolkata—to Vijay Durg might seem innocuous to non-Bengalis, but in West Bengal, it could stir up a ...

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(MENAFN- IANS) Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) The nearly 250-year-old Fort William in Kolkata ... residence of the commander-in-chief of the British Indian Army and got its name after Field Marshal ...

Memories of the Marathas’ pillaging raids across Bengal in the 18th ... project was much quieter—Fort William in Kolkata, the second fortification of the East India Company after Fort St ...

Built in 1781, the historic Fort William was named after King William III during the reign of the Bengal Presidency. In the area known as Maidan, houses some of India’s iconic landmarks such as ...

The Army has also conveyed its decision to Kolkata Police and Calcutta Khilafat Committee, the organiser of the Muslim congregation which witnesses participants in large numbers every year ...

Eastern Army Command headquarters Fort William renamed 'Vijay Durg' In a decision taken internally, the Army has also rechristened some landmark buildings inside the sprawling campus situated in ...

Fort William, the headquarters of Indian Army's Eastern Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg, according to a report by Times of India. Wing Commander Himanshu Tiwari, chief public relations ...