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    Fort William is a fort in Hastings, Calcutta (Kolkata). It was built during the early years of Britain's administration of Bengal. It sits on the eastern...
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  • Governor-General of British India, located within the Fort William complex in Calcutta. Wellesley started the Fort William College to train the European administrators...
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    The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, measuring 14 by 18 feet (4.3 m × 5.5 m), in which troops of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab...
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    of Fort William, Calcutta. He was a President of Fort William.[self-published source?] While in office, Eyre started work on Fort William, Calcutta in...
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  • Calcutta, West Virginia, United States Calcutta, Suriname Calcutta, Belize Black Hole of Calcutta, an 18th-century dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta Calcutta...
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    Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal). Calcutta, the city which grew around Fort William, was the capital of the Bengal Presidency. For many...
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    Judicature at Fort William on 1 July 1862 under the High Courts Act, 1861, which was preceded by the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William. The building...
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  • Fort William may refer to: Fort William, Ghana, a fort in Anomabu, Central Region, built in the 18th century Fort William Lighthouse, in Cape Coast, Central...
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    Eustace - Memoir of William Carey, D. D. Late missionary to Bengal, Professor of Oriental Languages in the College of Fort William, Calcutta. 1837, 2nd Edition...
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    ud-Daulah, aimed to seize Calcutta to punish the company for the unauthorised construction of fortifications at Fort William. Siraj ud-Daulah caught the...
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