Fort William, Kolkata

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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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Generate an image of Fort William, Kolkata (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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Predicate Object
instanceOf fort ⓘ
military headquarters ⓘ
architecturalStyle European military architecture ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Plassey ⓘ
British colonization of Bengal ⓘ
builder British East India Company ⓘ
cityServed Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta
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 colonial period in India ⓘ
linked to: British India
locatedIn Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta

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

Maidan, Kolkata ⓘ
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Victoria Memorial
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, Kolkata ⓘ
usedBy British East India Company ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ

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Calcutta → hasLandmark → Fort William, Kolkata ⓘ
Siege of Calcutta → involvedFortification → Fort William, Calcutta ⓘ
linked to: Fort William, Kolkata
Commander-in-Chief, Bengal → location → Fort William, Calcutta ⓘ
linked to: Fort William, Kolkata
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William → locatedIn → Fort William, Calcutta ⓘ
linked to: Fort William, Kolkata
Eastern Command → headquarters → Fort William, Kolkata ⓘ
Black Hole of Calcutta → locatedIn → Fort William, Calcutta ⓘ
linked to: Fort William, Kolkata
Maidan area of Kolkata → near → Fort William, Kolkata ⓘ
Eastern Command of the Indian Army → garrison → Fort William, Kolkata ⓘ
Regulating Act 1773 → seatOfAdministration → Fort William, Calcutta ⓘ
linked to: Fort William, Kolkata
Presidency of Fort William in Bengal → namedAfter → Fort William, Calcutta ⓘ
linked to: Fort William, Kolkata
Presidency of Fort William in Bengal → hasAdministrativeCenter → Fort William, Calcutta ⓘ
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Royal Charter of 1774 → locationOfEffect → Fort William, Calcutta ⓘ
linked to: Fort William, Kolkata
Sir Elijah Impey → workLocation → Fort William, Bengal ⓘ
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John Fendall Jr. → workLocation → Fort William, Calcutta ⓘ
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Maidan → adjacentTo → Fort William, Kolkata ⓘ
Indian Army (for parts around Fort William) → location → Fort William, Kolkata, West Bengal, India ⓘ
linked to: Fort William, Kolkata