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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 .
On 12 May 1933, some of the prisoners of Cellular Jail gathered and started a hunger strike, causing the deaths of Mahavir Singh, Mohan Kishore Namadas, and Mohit Moitra. The British Raj acceded to the demands of the freedom fighters to stop the hunger strike, and finally, after 46 days, the hunger strike ended on 26 June 1933.
The Cellular Jail was a colonial prison used to exile political prisoners. In 1858 the British again established a colony at Port Blair, which proved to be more permanent. The primary purpose was to set up a penal colony for criminal convicts from the Indian subcontinent. The colony came to include the infamous Cellular Jail.
Japanese troops disembarking on Ross Island, 23 March 1942. The Japanese occupation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands occurred in 1942 during World War II.The Andaman and Nicobar Islands (8,293 km 2 on 139 islands), are a group of islands situated in the Bay of Bengal at about 1,250 km (780 mi) from Kolkata, 1,200 km (750 mi) from Chennai and 190 km (120 mi) from Cape of Nargis in Burma.
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Thakur Ram singh was sentenced to life imprisonment in Andaman Nicobar's Cellular Jail for his role in the Dogra shooting case of Ajmer. Inside the jail he formed a 'Communist Bloc', and later on after his release from the Andamans he joined the Communist Party of India.
While Sean “Diddy” Combs is in jail awaiting his day in court, it may take some time for his loved ones to get to visit him. “Any potential visitor has to go through background checks and be ...
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