The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, measuring 14 by 18 feet (4.3 m × 5.5 m), in which troops of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab...
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A black hole is a region of spacetime wherein gravity is so strong that no matter or electromagnetic energy (e.g. light) can escape it. Albert Einstein's...
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A black hole is a region of extreme gravitational pull. Black hole or blackhole may also refer to: Black hole (networking), in computer networking, a...
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Fort William, India (redirect from Fort William, Calcutta)
An internal guard room became the Black Hole of Calcutta. Today the fort is the headquarters of Eastern Command of the Indian Army. There are two Fort...
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Siraj-ud-Daulah (category Nawabs of Bengal)
Robert Clive's actions in India, vindicated Siraj ud-Daulah of any charge surrounding the Black Hole incident: "A peace was however agreed upon with Surajah...
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St. John's Church, Kolkata (category Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal)
Company after Kolkata (Calcutta) became the effective capital of British India. It is located at the North-Western corner of Raj Bhavan, and served as...
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Calcutta, West Virginia, United States Calcutta, Suriname Calcutta, Belize Black Hole of Calcutta, an 18th-century dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta Calcutta...
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a mockery of a prison cell named "Calcutta" that Fela inhabited. The name was originally derived from the infamous Black Hole of Calcutta dungeon in...
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Kolkata (redirect from City of Calcutta)
attacked; his capture of Fort William led to the killings of several East India company officials in the Black Hole of Calcutta. A force of Company soldiers...
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municipality Hole, Norway, a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway Black Hole of Calcutta, small prison or dungeon in Fort William Celle Hole (German: Celler...
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