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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 .
The Cellular Jail was demolished by the Andaman Administration in 1960, when the Freedom Fighters who had been incarcerated in Cellular Jail protested and filed writ petition in the court. Hence, two and a half wings of the total seven wings of the jailed remained today.
In 1872, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were united under a single command and administered by a chief commissioner based out of Port Blair. The construction of the Cellular Jail started in 1896 and was completed in 1906. The jail was used to house political prisoners and independence activists away from the Indian mainland. [21] [22]
The Dagshai Jail Museum or Dagshai Central Jail in India was built in 1847, a T-shaped building of local stone masonry with 54 tiny cells. [1] Apart from the Cellular Jail in the Andamans, it is the only other Indian museum which once was a jail. [ 2 ]
Nov. 12—When O'Brien Byrd woke up to a strange light coming through his bedroom window in Martin City early Wednesday morning, he knew something odd was going on. It was about 4:30 a.m. when the ...
Jail Part of the jail is incorporated into the King George Inn, which includes a museum and artifacts from its time as a working jail. [2] Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery: Beloozero: Vologda Oblast: Russia Prison Kosciusko County Jail Museum: Warsaw: Indiana: United States Jail Liberty Jail: Liberty: Missouri: United States Jail
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