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Cellular Jail
This
three-storeyed prison, constructed by the British in 1906, is a pilgrim destination
for freedom fighters. This colossal edifice has mutely witnessed the most
treacherous of inhumane atrocities borne by the convicts, who were mostly
freedom fighters. Now dedicated to the nation as a National Memorial, it houses
a spectacular sound and light show, besides a museum and art gallery.
Cellular Jail, located at Port Blair, stood mute witness to the tortures meted
out to the freedom fighters, who were incarcerated in this Jail. The Jail,
completed in the year 1906 acquired the name, ‘cellular’ because
it is entirely made up of individual cells for the solitary confinement of
the prisoners. It originally was a seven pronged, puce-coloured building with
central tower acting as its fulcrum and a massive structure comprising honeycomb
like corridors. The building was subsequently damaged and presently three
out of the seven prongs are intact. The Jail, now a place of pilgrimage for
all freedom loving people, has been declared a National Memorial.
The penal settlement established in Andamans by the British after the First
War of Independence in 1857 was the beginning of the agonising story of freedom
fighters in the massive and awful jails at Viper Island followed by the Cellular
Jail. The patriots who raised their voice against the British Raj were sent
to this Jail, where many perished. Netaji Subash Chandra Bose hoisted the
tri-colour flag to proclaim Independence on 30th December 1943 at a place
near this Jail.
This three-storeyed prison, constructed by Britishers in 1906, is a pilgrimage
destination for freedom fighters. This colossal edifice has mutely witnessed
the most treacherous of inhumane atrocities borne by the convicts, who were
mostly freedom fighters. Now dedicated to the nation as a National Memorial.
The saga of the heroic freedom struggle is brought
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