Cellular Jail

Cellular Jail
Entrance of the Cellular Jail
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Alternative namesKālā Pāni
General information
TypePrison for political prisoners (Indian independence freedom fighters)
Architectural styleCellular, pronged
Town or cityPort Blair, Andaman
Country India
Coordinates11°40′30″N 92°44′53″E / 11.675°N 92.748°E / 11.675; 92.748
Construction started1896
Completed1906
Cost517,352[1]
ClientIndia India
OwnerGovernment of India
Cellular Jail
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Notable prisoners
Batukeshwar Dutt
Bhai Parmanand
Diwan Singh
Vinayak Savarkar
Hare Krishna Konar
Mahavir Singh
Mohan Kishore Namadas
Mohit Moitra
Sachindra Nath Sanyal
Shiv Verma
Sohan Singh Bhakna
Sudhangshu Dasgupta
Bahadur Gaonbura
Formud Ali
Yogendra Shukla.
Most of the prisoners were Bengali origin.

The Cellular Jail, also known as 'Kālā Pānī' (Hindi: ۘकाला पानी, transl. 'Black Water'), was a British colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The prison was used by the colonial government of India for the purpose of exiling criminals and political prisoners. Many notable independence activists, including Sardar Singh Artillery, Diwan Singh Kalepani, Yogendra Shukla, Batukeshwar Dutt, Shadan Chandra Chatterjee, Sohan Singh, Vinayak Savarkar, Hare Krishna Konar, Shiv Verma, Allama Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, and Sudhanshu Dasgupta were imprisoned here during the struggle for India's independence.[2] Today, the complex serves as a national memorial monument.[3]

  1. ^ "A memorial to the freedom fighters". The Hindu. India. 15 August 2004. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Cellular Jail: Timing, Updated Photos, History and reviews 2020". www.tropicalandamans.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Cellular jail District South Andaman, Government of Andaman and Nicobar | India". Retrieved 16 December 2021.