Fort William, Kolkata

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fort military headquarters

Fort William, Kolkata is a historic 18th-century fort on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River that now serves as the headquarters of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Fort William, Calcutta 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fort ⓘ
military headquarters ⓘ
architecturalStyle European military architecture ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Plassey ⓘ
British conquest of Bengal ⓘ
surface form: British colonization of Bengal
builder British East India Company ⓘ
cityServed Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata
constructionEnd 1706 ⓘ
constructionStart 1696 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
controlledBy Indian Army ⓘ
country India ⓘ
currentUse headquarters of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army ⓘ
garrison Eastern Command of the Indian Army ⓘ
hasFeature arsenal ⓘ
bastions ⓘ
church ⓘ
hospital ⓘ
moat ⓘ
officers' quarters ⓘ
parade ground ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
hasFunction defensive fortification ⓘ
military administration ⓘ
historicalEra British India ⓘ
surface form: British colonial period in India
locatedIn Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata

West Bengal ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOnBank eastern bank of the Hooghly River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Hooghly River ⓘ
namedAfter William III of England ⓘ
surface form: King William III of England
near Eden Gardens ⓘ
surface form: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Maidan area of Kolkata ⓘ
surface form: Maidan, Kolkata

Victoria Memorial ⓘ
surface form: Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
operator Indian Army ⓘ
ownedBy Government of India ⓘ
partOf Kolkata Cantonment ⓘ
publicAccess restricted ⓘ
rebuiltAfter Battle of Plassey ⓘ
rebuiltBy British East India Company ⓘ
rebuiltIn 18th century ⓘ
significance key military base for Indian Army Eastern Command ⓘ
major British stronghold in eastern India ⓘ
surroundedBy Maidan area of Kolkata ⓘ
surface form: Maidan, Kolkata
usedBy British East India Company ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Calcutta → hasLandmark → Fort William, Kolkata ⓘ
Siege of Calcutta → involvedFortification → Fort William, Kolkata ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort William, Calcutta
Commander-in-Chief, Bengal → location → Fort William, Kolkata ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort William, Calcutta