Fort William, Calcutta, 1781

ফোর্ট উইলিয়ম, কলকাতা, ১৭৮১ In 1756, the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj Ud Daulah, destroyed the original Fort William of Calcuttal, temporarily conquered the city, and changed its name to Alinagar. This led the British to build a new fort in the Maidan. The rebuilding of the fort was started by Robert Clive in 1758, after […]