Chatterjee, Partha,  <br/><br/>
The black hole of empire : history of a global practice of power 

 - Lucknow  PERMANENT BLACK,  2013. 
 - (xiv, 425 pages) 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788178243733 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> East India Company -- History -- 18th century. East India Company. Bengal (India) -- Colonization -- History -- 18th century. Black Hole Incident, Kolkata, India, 1756. Imperialism -- History. 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954.14029 	  / CHA