The black hole of empire : history of a global practice of power

By:

Chatterjee, Partha

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lucknow PERMANENT BLACK, 2013.Description: (xiv, 425 pages)ISBN:

9788178243733

Subject(s):

East India Company -- History -- 18th century. East India Company. Bengal (India) -- Colonization -- History -- 18th century. Black Hole Incident, Kolkata, India, 1756. Imperialism -- History

DDC classification:

954.14029 CHA

Summary: When Siraj, the ruler of Bengal, overran the British settlement of Calcutta in 1756, he allegedly jailed 146 European prisoners overnight in a cramped prison. Of the group, 123 died of suffocation. This title follows the ever-changing representations of this historical event and founding myth of the British Empire in India. Read less

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Book	Institute of English Processing Center	Institute of English	954.14029 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	ENG14522

When Siraj, the ruler of Bengal, overran the British settlement of Calcutta in 1756, he allegedly jailed 146 European prisoners overnight in a cramped prison. Of the group, 123 died of suffocation. This title follows the ever-changing representations of this historical event and founding myth of the British Empire in India. Read less

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