1756 A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta after the Siraj ud-Daulah Nawab of Bengal takes Calcutta from the British. Most of the soldiers die. 1867 US buys Alaska from ...

Siraj-ud-Daulah had been executed the day before, having lost the Battle of Plassey to the British on June 23, 1757. ... June 23, 1757, remains a black day in the history of India when the East India ...