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Definition of Black Hole of Calcutta
1. Noun. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Hole Of Calcutta
Literary usage of Black Hole of Calcutta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of England by James Franck Bright (1889)
"The horrors of the Black Hole of Calcutta were beyond expression terrible ; the
heat of the night was intense, and as the agonies of thirst and suffocation ..."
2. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1912)
"The tragedy of " the Black Hole of Calcutta" added to the public gloom, which
since the dismissal of Pitt had again set in ..."
3. Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries by William Fordyce Mavor (1797)
"HOLWELL AND OTHERS, IN THE BLACK-HOLE OF CALCUTTA. AMIDST the various pictures
of human mi- fery, ..."
4. Readings in Modern European History: A Collection of Extracts from the by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1908)
"An account of this episode of the "Black Hole" of Calcutta is given by an officer
who was at the time in the service of the East India Service. ..."
5. History of India by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson, Henry Miers Elliot, Romesh Chunder Dutt, Vincent Arthur Smith, Stanley Lane-Poole, Sir William Wilson Hunter, Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1907)
"The Black Hole of Calcutta The Black Hole of Calcutta is the name giren to a room
in the garrison in ii'hich 136 ..."
6. A History of England by James Franck Bright (1889)
"The horrors of the Black Hole of Calcutta were beyond expression terrible ; the
heat of the night was intense, and as the agonies of thirst and suffocation ..."
7. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1912)
"The tragedy of " the Black Hole of Calcutta" added to the public gloom, which
since the dismissal of Pitt had again set in ..."
8. Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries by William Fordyce Mavor (1797)
"HOLWELL AND OTHERS, IN THE BLACK-HOLE OF CALCUTTA. AMIDST the various pictures
of human mi- fery, ..."
9. Readings in Modern European History: A Collection of Extracts from the by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1908)
"An account of this episode of the "Black Hole" of Calcutta is given by an officer
who was at the time in the service of the East India Service. ..."
10. History of India by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson, Henry Miers Elliot, Romesh Chunder Dutt, Vincent Arthur Smith, Stanley Lane-Poole, Sir William Wilson Hunter, Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1907)
"The Black Hole of Calcutta The Black Hole of Calcutta is the name giren to a room
in the garrison in ii'hich 136 ..."
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