Today’s Question CLXX
Recognise this historically significant structure…
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1. Sketch of Old fort in chennai, the first British fortress in India
2. Fort St. George, administrative headquarters of Tamil Nadu government located within the fortress.
St.George Fort at Chennai.
Fort St George in Madras(modern day Chennai). It is the first British fortress in India, founded in 1639, and provided the impetus for further settlements and trading activity around it, thus founding the city of Madras.