The renaming to 'Vijay Durg' pays homage to the oldest fort on Maharashtra's Sindhudurg coast, which served as an impregnable ...

The new name comes from a fort in Maharashtra that was a stronghold of the Maratha Navy. It is part of a move towards ...

Fort William became the Eastern Army Command's headquarters in 1963 following the Sino-India war of 1962. Prior to that, the Eastern Army was headquartered at Lucknow. Trending News ...

Fort William, the headquarters of Indian Army's Eastern Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg, according to a report by Times of India. Wing Commander Himanshu Tiwari, chief public relations ...

Fort William, the headquarters of the Indian Army's Eastern Command, has been renamed as Vijay Durg and one of its gates, St George's Gate has also been renamed as Shivaji Gate, officials said on ...

In a bid to move away from the colonial legacy, the Indian Army has renamed Eastern Command headquarters Fort William in Kolkata as 'Vijay Durg', a Defence official said on Wednesday. In a decision ...

Kolkata: Fort William, the Indian Army's Eastern Command headquarters, has been reportedly renamed Vijay Durg, in a major move to remove colonial imprints. Supreme Court Dismisses Karnataka HC's ...

In the latest step toward eliminating colonial practices and mindsets within the armed forces, Fort William in Kolkata, the headquarters of the Eastern Army Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg.

Eastern Army Command headquarters Fort William renamed 'Vijay Durg' In a decision taken internally, the Army has also rechristened some landmark buildings inside the sprawling campus situated in ...