The black hole of empire : history of a global practice of power
- Lucknow PERMANENT BLACK, 2013.
- (xiv, 425 pages)
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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East India Company -- History -- 18th century. East India Company. Bengal (India) -- Colonization -- History -- 18th century. Black Hole Incident, Kolkata, India, 1756. Imperialism -- History.