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Black Hole of Calcutta

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The Black Hole was located here at Fort William which is now St. John's Church.  There is a monument here also. 

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Black Hole of Calcutta

The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small dungeon in the old Fort William in Calcutta, India, where troops of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, held British prisoners of war after the capture of the fort on 20 June 1756.

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