Black Hole Incident, Kolkata, India, 1756
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Black Hole Incident, Calcutta, India, 1756
Black Hole of Calcutta Incident, Kolkata, India, 1756
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found: Work cat.: Barber, N. The Black Hole of Calcutta, 1982.
found: Old catalog heading(Calcutta, Black Hole of)
found: Web. 3.(black hole)
found: Encyc. Americana:v. 4, p. 33 (Black Hole Incident (In 1756 relations between the ruler of Bengal and the East India Co. became strained. The Nawab of Bengal marched on Ft. William, the Company's establishment in Calcutta, and imprisoned the British in the Black Hole cell which had an area of 18 x 14 ft. This led to the Nawab's defeat at Plassey in 1757 and the establishment of British power in India.))
found: Oxford history of India, 3d. ed.:p.479 (incident of the Black Hole)
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1986-02-11: new
2013-02-22: revised
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