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Black Hole of Calcutta
Black Hole of Calcutta A prison room at Fort William, Calcutta, India, so called after the alleged suffocation there in 1756 of some English prisoners. They had been incarcerated by the nawab, Siraj ud-Daula, in retaliation for extending the fort against previous agreements. The incident has an important place in British imperial mythology, for British accounts grossly exaggerated both the smallness of the room and the number of prisoners, thus suggesting an act of barbarism on the nawab's part.
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"Black Hole of Calcutta." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Black Hole of Calcutta." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-BlackHoleofCalcutta.html "Black Hole of Calcutta." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-BlackHoleofCalcutta.html |
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Black Hole of Calcutta
Black Hole of Calcutta. By legend, on 20 June 1756 Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula, Robert Clive's great enemy, packed 146 Englishmen captured at Calcutta into a small guardroom. The next day only 21 were left alive. There is today much dispute about Siraj-ud-Daula's culpability and the actual number of victims, which may only have been 43.
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JOHN CANNON. "Black Hole of Calcutta." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Black Hole of Calcutta." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BlackHoleofCalcutta.html JOHN CANNON. "Black Hole of Calcutta." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-BlackHoleofCalcutta.html |
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Black Hole of Calcutta
Black Hole of Calcutta By legend, on 20 June 1756 Nawab Siraj‐ud‐Daula, Robert Clive's great enemy, packed 146 Englishmen captured at Calcutta into a small guardroom. The next day only 21 were leftalive. There is today dispute about Siraj‐ud‐Daula's culpability and the actual number of victims, which may have been 43.
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JOHN CANNON. "Black Hole of Calcutta." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Black Hole of Calcutta." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-BlackHoleofCalcutta.html JOHN CANNON. "Black Hole of Calcutta." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-BlackHoleofCalcutta.html |
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Black Hole of Calcutta
Black Hole of Calcutta Prison in Calcutta, India, where 64 or more British soldiers were placed by the Nawab Siraj-ad-Dawlah of Bengal in June 1756. The cell was 5.5 × 4.5m (18 × 15ft) and most of the soldiers died of suffocation.
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"Black Hole of Calcutta." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Black Hole of Calcutta." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-BlackHoleofCalcutta.html "Black Hole of Calcutta." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-BlackHoleofCalcutta.html |
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Black Hole of Calcutta
Black Hole of Calcutta see Kolkata . |
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"Black Hole of Calcutta." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Black Hole of Calcutta." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-BlackHol.html "Black Hole of Calcutta." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-BlackHol.html |
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