TY - BOOK AU - Chatterjee, Partha. TI - The black hole of empire: history of a global practice of power SN - 8178243733 (paperback) U1 - 954.03 PY - 2013/// CY - Ranikhet PB - Permanent Black N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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. Wh ER -