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The black hole of empire : history of a global practice of power

When Siraj, the ruler of Bengal, overran the British settlement of Calcutta in 1756, he allegedly jailed 146 European prisoners overnight in a cramped prison. Of the group, 123 died of suffocation. This title follows the ever-changing representations of this historical event and founding myth of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chatterjee, Partha
Format: Printed Book
Published: Lucknow PERMANENT BLACK, 2013.
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University of Kerala

Holdings details from University of Kerala
Call Number: XobY33 L02
Copy LC1 Live Status Unavailable