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Army’s Eastern HQ - Fort William
February 8 , 2025
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- Fort William in Kolkata, the headquarters of the Eastern Army Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg.
- Additionally, Kitchener House inside Fort William has been renamed Manekshaw House, and South gate, formerly known as St. George’s Gate, is now Shivaji Gate.
- Fort William, named after the King William III of England, was constructed by the British in 1781.
- The new name, Vijay Durg, is derived from the oldest fort along the Sindhudurg coast in Maharashtra.
- It was served as a naval base for the Marathas under Chhatrapati Shivaji.
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