Maratha Ditch
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The Maratha Ditch was a three-mile-long[1] deep entrenchment constructed by the English East India Company around Fort William in Calcutta. It was built to protect the surrounding villages and forts from the Maratha Bargi raiders.[2][3][4][5] The ditch marked the outer limits of Calcutta city in the nineteenth century.[6][2]
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Maratha Ditch | |
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Kolkata, West Bengal, India | |
Type | Entrenchment |
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Controlled by | British East India Company (1757–1858) |
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Built | 1793 |
Battles/wars | Maratha invasions of Bengal |
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