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title: Memorial Plaque to the Victims of the Black Hole of Calcutta
author: Mathew Sheffield
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16511/memorial-plaque-to-the-victims-of-the-black-hole-o/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2022-10-07
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# Memorial Plaque to the Victims of the Black Hole of Calcutta

_Authored by Mathew Sheffield_

## Image File

[![Memorial Plaque to the Victims of the Black Hole of Calcutta](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16511.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16511.png)

## Image Caption

The memorial plaque from the 1902 monument commemorating the victims of the [Black Hole of Calcutta](https://www.worldhistory.org/Black_Hole_of_Calcutta/) incident in 1756. St John's Churchyard, Kolkata, [India](https://www.worldhistory.org/india/).

## Cite This Work

### APA
Sheffield, M. (2022, October 07). Memorial Plaque to the Victims of the Black Hole of Calcutta. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16511/memorial-plaque-to-the-victims-of-the-black-hole-o/>
### Chicago
Sheffield, Mathew. "Memorial Plaque to the Victims of the Black Hole of Calcutta." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 07, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16511/memorial-plaque-to-the-victims-of-the-black-hole-o/>.
### MLA
Sheffield, Mathew. "Memorial Plaque to the Victims of the Black Hole of Calcutta." *World History Encyclopedia*, 07 Oct 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16511/memorial-plaque-to-the-victims-of-the-black-hole-o/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Hole_of_Calcutta_-_Memorial.jpg) by [**Mathew Sheffield**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Hole_of_Calcutta_-_Memorial.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 07 October 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.