The Black Hole of Calcutta

The British made sure, it seems, that every colonial subject read of the Black Hole of Calcutta. Let us re-examine the history behind it all.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hole_of_Calcutta
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/Blackh.html
http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/black-hole-calcutta
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1961/is-the-black-hole-of-calcutta-a-myth
http://history.howstuffworks.com/asian-history/black-hole-of-calcutta.htm
http://www.sawneybean.com/horrors/blackhole.htm