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The memorial plaque from the 1902 monument commemorating the victims of the Black Hole of Calcutta incident in 1756. St John's Churchyard, Kolkata, India.
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Sheffield, M. (2022, October 07). Memorial Plaque to the Victims of the Black Hole of Calcutta. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16511/memorial-plaque-to-the-victims-of-the-black-hole-o/
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Sheffield, Mathew. "Memorial Plaque to the Victims of the Black Hole of Calcutta." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 07 Oct 2022. Web. 21 Feb 2025.
