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The Cellular Jail, also known as 'Kālā Pānī' (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 .
Sher Ali Afridi (died 11 March 1872) was an Indian soldier of Pashtun background, convicted of murder and imprisoned at the penal colony of Port Blair, Andaman Islands. [2] [3] He is known for assassinating Lord Mayo, the Viceroy of India, [4] on 8 February 1872. The British sources described him as a "fearless soldier and one who would have ...
Kaalapaani (transl. Black Water) is a 1996 Indian Malayalam-language epic historical drama film written by T. Damodaran and directed by Priyadarshan.Set in 1915, the film focuses on the lives of Indian independence activists incarcerated in the Cellular Jail (or Kālā Pānī) in Andaman and Nicobar Islands during the British Raj.
The Cellular Jail at Port Blair, when completed in 1910, included 698 cells designed for solitary confinement; each cell measured 4.5 by 2.7 m (15 by 9 ft) with a single ventilation window 3 metres (10 ft) above the floor.
'The Assassination of Lord Mayo' from Cassel's Illustrated History of India (1880). At 7:00 PM on 8 February, when the Viceroy had almost completed his inspection of the penal settlement at Port Blair and was returning to his boat, where Lady Mayo was also waiting, Sher Ali Afridi appeared from the dark and stabbed him in the neck, causing Mayo to bleed to death and die at the scene.
Isaiah R. Tilghman, 33, escaped between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sunday from the Blair County Prison. At least one court document identified him as being from State College.
The National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince is Haiti’s most overcrowded prison. It was designed for 1,300 inmates, but had 3,696 prisoners before the prison break. They included 17 ...
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