of the Penitentiary Investigating Committee of the State of Texas (USA) referred to the prison conditions in this way: See also Human rights violation Hỏa Lò Prison Notes References Noel Barber. ‘’The Black Hole of Calcutta: A Reconstruction,’’ London, Suttonn Publishing Ltd.,U.K. Edition, 2003. 272 p. . Partha Chatterjee. The Black Hole of Empire: History of a Global Practice of Power. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2012. 425p. . Explores the incident itself and the history of using it to expand or critique British rule in India. Urs App (2010). The Birth of Orientalism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (); contains a 66-page chapter (pp. 297–362) on Holwell. External links The Black Hole of Calcutta & The End of Islamic Power in India (1756—1757) The Black Hole of Empire – Stanford Presidential Lecture by Partha Chatterjee Photo of Calcutta Black Hole Memorial at St. John's Church Complex, Calcutta Partha Chatterjee and Ayça Çubukçu, "Empire as a Practice of Power: Introduction," The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol 10, Issue 41, No. 1, 9 October 2012. Interview with Chatterjee. The Black Hole of Calcutta—-the Fort William's airtight death prison 1756 in British India 18th century in Kolkata Buildings and structures in Kolkata Prisoner of war massacres Massacres in India Massacres in 1756 Mass murder in 1756 1756 murders in Asia 18th-century murders in India