On January 28, 1808, British forces from Fort William in Calcutta surrounded the Danish colony. The Danes did not put up much ...

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Kolkata: The city woke up to a smoggy Thursday with poor visibility while the overall air quality deteriorated to the ‘poor' category (AQI: 201-300) f.

Kolkata: With the dip in temperature, the air quality at three — Ballygunge, Salt Lake, Fort William — out of seven automatic air quality monitoring stations in Kolkata plunged to ‘poor ...

The rest of Calcutta was not much better either. The air quality in Ballygunge, Jadavpur, Rabindra Sarobar and Fort William was “poor” from the morning till late on Sunday. The air quality monitoring ...

But the movement for reforming Urdu orthography had begun as early as in 1800 at Fort William College (FWC), Calcutta (now Kolkata). At the FWC, John Gilchrist had prepared a set of rules to spell ...

Fake news spread by online Hindutva trolls both reflects and influences New Delhi’s attitudes, heightening communal tension ...

An unnamed manuscript of poetry from Fort William College, an academy of oriental studies in Kolkata, was also on display.

Built by the British East India Company in the late 17th century, Fort William stands witness to Kolkata's turbulent history. Once erected as a fortification for defence purposes, it has seen some ...

Kolkata, Jan 15 (PTI) Eastern Army Commander Lt General RC Tiwari and Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha (retd) laid wreaths at Vijay Smarak in Fort William here on Wednesday, marking the 77th Army Day ...

Republic day is round the corner, just a few hours to catch up. And every street and corner of the country is already in the ...