Fort Cornwallis

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Fort Cornwallis was built in the year 1786, after Francis Light gain possession of Penang Island from Sultan of Kedah

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Fort Cornwallis is a bastion fort in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, built by the British East India Company in the late 18th century. Named after the then Lieutenant-General The 2nd Earl Cornwallis (1738–1805), the Governor-General of Bengal at the time of the fort's construction, it is the largest standing fort in Malaysia. The fort was built intended to respond to possible enemy threats during t... (Wikipedia)

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