HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Calcutta
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Machalipattnam
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Orissa
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Madras
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Detailed explanation-1: -Based on the East India Company trading policy shift, from voyage to factory and to establishment of fortresses, the construction of the old fort commenced at Sutanuti (Calcutta) in 1698 and was completed in 1706. It was named Fort William in honour of the King of England.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fort William College was established by Lord Richard Wellesley in order to provide instruction in the vernacular languages of India to the civil and military officials of the East India Company.
Detailed explanation-3: -Named after William III, the fort sits on the banks of the Hooghly River and was at the centre of the Battle of Plassey fought between the British and the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah. It is also the site of an infamous dungeon called the Black Hole of Calcutta (the city of Kolkata was erstwhile known as Calcutta).