What was the prison incident of Calcutta ? Or Describe the black hall

1.	What was the prison incident of Calcutta ? Or Describe the black hall accident.
Answer» In contemporary Calcutta in a small closet which was 18 feet long and 14 feet 10 inch wide, Siraj-Ud-Daulah imprisoned 146 British prisoners at the night of 20th June, and on the next day, only 23 people were found alive. 123 peple died due to suffocation. J. Z. Holwell who was one among the survivors, is considered to be the composer of this story which appears to be fictitious because is such a small closet, it was not possible to imprison 146 persons in one instance. It is said that the story of the black hall was composed only to induce the anger of the British in India. This incident is known as Black hall accident also.

What was the prison incident of Calcutta ? Or Describe the black hall accident.

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In contemporary Calcutta in a small closet which was 18 feet long and 14 feet 10 inch wide, Siraj-Ud-Daulah imprisoned 146 British prisoners at the night of 20th June, and on the next day, only 23 people were found alive.

123 peple died due to suffocation. J. Z. Holwell who was one among the survivors, is considered to be the composer of this story which appears to be fictitious because is such a small closet, it was not possible to imprison 146 persons in one instance. It is said that the story of the black hall was composed only to induce the anger of the British in India. This incident is known as Black hall accident also.

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