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Black Hole of Calcutta

A confined apartment 13 ft. square, into which 146 English prisoners were crammed by the orders of Surajah Dowia on the 19th June 1756; their sufferings were excruciating, and only 23 survived till morning.

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Penulis

  • JohannesDD
  • (Sydney, Australia)

  •  (V.I.P) 14638 poin
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