Original sentence: "So what's the truth.Banglapedia: Black Hole Incident "As such it should be regarded as a deplorable incident, but not a deliberate atrocity.But there was confusion in the Indian chain of command, and the captives were unintentionally left there overnight.Here's the best that can be established.Nawab Sirai-ud-daulah took this action as a threat to his rule, given that the East India Company had tried to prevent him from taking the throne in the first place.No more than 43 of the garrison at Fort William was unaccounted for afterwards; therefore, at most 43 people died in the Black Hole.The Black Hole of Calcutta refers to a tragedy that was exaggerated into an atrocity following a 1756 battle in Calcutta, India.The East India Company garrison in Kolkata had been building up the defenses at Fort William in preparation for eventual war with the nearby French forces.The Nawab gathered his forces together and took Fort William.The captives numbered 64 to 69 people, and they were placed in the cell as a temporary holding by a local commander.The controversy about the incident concerns the number of British soldiers confined inside the room, the size of the room, the number that died, and the intent or responsibility of the parties in charge.The following account from a 1911 encyclopedia is the exaggerated story of an atrocity that was believed for so long.There they imprisoned a garrison of British soldiers in a small jail overnight
Edited sentence: Banglapedia: Black Hole Incident.Holwell and three others were sent as prisoners to Murshidabad; the rest of the survivors obtained their liberty, and the corpses were thrown into a ditch.Modern research indicates that less than two dozen soldiers died.The Black Hole of Calcutta refers to a disputed atrocity during a 1756 battle in Calcutta, India.The Black Hole was later used as a warehouse, and an obelisk, 50 feet high, was erected in memory of the supposed victims.The following account from a 1911 encyclopedia shows how long-lived his story was.The main controversy about the incident is the number of British soldiers confined inside the room.There they imprisoned the garrison of British soldiers in a 14×18 dungeon overnight