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Definition of 'black hole of calcutta' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Black Hole of Calcutta
a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive


Definitions of 'black hole of calcutta' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  black hole of calcutta
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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