Timeline Sunday 20 June 1756

Events on Sunday 20 June 1756 1

• 1756 Black Hole of Calcutta Prisoners die after the fall of Fort William to Siraj ud-Daulah After the forces of Siraj ud-Daulah, the new Nawab of Bengal, captured the British East India Company's Fort William at Calcutta, surviving defenders and civilians were confined overnight in a small, poorly ventilated dungeon. Many of the prisoners died of suffocation and heat exhaustion, and the episode became a lasting symbol in British accounts of colonial India.