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Detailed Synonyms for Black Hole of Calcutta in English
Black Hole of Calcutta:
Black Hole of Calcutta [the ~] noun
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the 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 1the 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 1