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Black Hole of Calcutta |
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Black Hole of Calcutta: see Kolkata Kolkata (kôlkŭt`ə), formerly Calcutta ..... Click the link for more information. . Black Hole of Calcutta Indian dungeon in which overcrowding suffocated prisoners. [Br. Hist.: Harbottle, 45–46] See : Imprisonment Black hole of Calcutta 146 Britishers imprisoned in small, stifling room (1756). [Br. Hist.: Harbottle, 45–46] See : Suffering |
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It was the Black Hole of Calcutta on a small scale. The Black Hole of Calcutta must have been a fool to it; indeed, to this moment I do not know how we lived through the day. |
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