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Black Hole of Calcutta
History of India
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| | 1756 | Dowlah, Suraja | |
| Calcutta Imprisons Europeans in the "Black Hole of Calcutta" |
| 1756 | Siraj-Ud-Daulah | |
| June Calcutta Alleged to have put 146 British subjects in a 20 by 20 foot chamber, known as the infamous Black Hole of Calcutta, only 23 were said to have survived the overnight ordeal |
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