Yesterdate: This day from Kolkata’s past, February 5, 1757
In the early hours of this day, Robert Clive led a British army attack on the forces of Nawab Siraj-ud- Daulah in Calcutta ...
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Who was Fort William in Kolkata named after, and why it needed renaming
Fort William in Kolkata, the headquarters of the Indian Army's Eastern Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg. The fort was ...
Yesterdate: This day from Kolkata’s past, January 25, 1802
John Cartier, Governor of Bengal, died on this day. Cartier was first employed as a writer for the British East India Company ...
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Meaning of: Siraj-ud-daula
Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black ...