The art of renaming: Rechristening of Calcutta’s streets started with the British and continues today
Fort William has been designated Vijay Durg by the BJP-led central government in celebration of India’s greatest military ...
Fort William now Vijay Durg, tribute to army's 'finest military victory' in 1971
Vijay Durg is a tribute to the Indian army’s finest military victory in post-Independent India in 1971 that Fort ...
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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. This change is part of the Modi government's initiative to free the nation of British ...
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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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‘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 ...
'We will fight from all seats': AIMIM's big announcement on 2026 Bengal polls, claims TMC benefits from Waqf properties
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Tuesday said that it would contest the 2026 West Bengal assembly ...
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Fort William to Vijay Durg — such token, insensitive symbolism will not do the trick
Given the history of loot and plunder by Maratha forces in Bengal, the naming of a fort in Kolkata after the proud military heritage of the Marathas is perplexing.