Iron County Record | 1941-04-17 | Page 7 | Calcutta Balck Hole

Calcutta Black Hole The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon of the East India company In their citadel Fort William. It was 18 by 14 feet in urea and meant for two or three men. When the Subahdar of Bengal stormed the fort on June 20, 1756, he believed that enormous treasures were hidden within it and that the incumbents refused to divulge the hiding place. His guards therefore drove all the white inmates, numbering 148, Including In-cluding one woman, into the cell. At 6 a. m. the following morning only 23 were alive.