While clearing a plot of land on the left bank of the Hooghly River in West Bengal, the Indian Navy has found five artillery pieces from the British era during World War I.
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the navy KolkataI have found old cannons on the banks of the Hooghly river, which are probably from the time of the First World War. A senior officer of the Bengal Area Headquarters of the Navy told that five cannons have been found on the banks of the river in Kolkata. british era Two of these guns were refurbished and were painted black, white and red. them here Indian Navy The headquarters of the Bengal region of the INS Netaji Subhash has been kept.
Captain Joydeep Chakraborty told that he found these guns while clearing a plot on the left bank of Hooghly. He told PTI-language, these cannons are probably from the First World War.
British era cannons were found in the middle of the year 2021
Four of the five cannons discovered in the middle of the year 2021 were removed this year from the plot which was earlier part of the river bed. Capt Chakraborty said that the land at Daighat near Kidderpur Dock earlier belonged to Kolkata Port and was taken back by the Navy for some construction work there. While clearing the land, the laborers saw a cannon of the British era. He said, while clearing the land, a cannon was found and after that four more cannons were found.
Cannons were manufactured by British warships
Commander Sudipto Moitra, chief spokesman for the Bengal region, said four guns were brought to the Navy House, of which two are kept there. He told that there was no mark of their manufacture on them, which made it difficult to trace their maker. Captain Chakraborty said that they may have been manufactured locally for the British warship. Please tell that during the British period, Bengal used to be an important province of the British rule. During the First World War, from 1914 to 1919, a large number of soldiers of Indian origin fought on behalf of the British Army. Cantonments were also built in different areas of Kolkata and Bengal, so that any attack could be countered. At that time Jharkhand state was also in Bengal. There also many secret air force airports were built during the First World War. Chakulia’s airport was very important in that.
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