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Black Hole of Calcutta

1756 CE · India, Asia · War

Black Hole of Calcutta
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The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, measuring 14 by 18 feet, in which troops of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, held British prisoners of war on the night of 20 June 1756.

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