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Black Hole of Calcutta
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A confined apartment 13 ft. square, into which 146 English prisoners were crammed by the orders of Surajah Dowia on the 19th June 1756; their sufferings were excruciating, and only 23 survived till morning.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Black Hole of Calcutta'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/black-hole-of-calcutta.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Black Hole of Calcutta'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/black-hole-of-calcutta.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
