MAKE A MEME View Large Image The Fort and the Hooghly River in Calcutta (c. 1885).jpg en Photograph from an album of 62 views of India and Ceylon It was reproduced in Montague Massey 'Recollections of Calcutta for Over Half a Century' Calcutta 1918 and there credited ...
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Keywords: The Fort and the Hooghly River in Calcutta (c. 1885).jpg en Photograph from an album of 62 views of India and Ceylon It was reproduced in Montague Massey 'Recollections of Calcutta for Over Half a Century' Calcutta 1918 and there credited to Johnston Hoffmann View from inside Fort William looking across the buildings of the fort towards shipping moored on the Hooghly The High Court can be seen on the skyline in the right background Fort William was initially built in 1707 and in 1742 a defensive moat was dug to fortify it against threat of attack by the Marathas In 1757 when Robert Clive retook Calcutta from the forces of Siraj-ud-Daulah the Nawab of Bengal a new Fort William was conceived and constructed within ten years In the process large swathes of jungle were cleared around the fort an esplanade was created and in the following decades the levelled ground provided ample space for the erecting of the glittering white colonial structures which impressed Calcutta's visitors and made it look a prosperous imperial city 1885 http //www oldindianphotos in/2009_07_21_archive html Johnston Hoffmann other versions Custom license marker 2014 10 28 PD-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Kolkata in the 1880s Fort William Kolkata Hooghly River
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