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Noun: Black Hole of Calcutta
  1. 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

Type of: donjon, dungeon, keep

Encyclopedia: Black Hole of Calcutta

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