2022
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Cellular Jail was constructed by the British to establish a permanent penal settlement of the freedom fighters against British colonisation. The Indians revolted against British and several freedom fighters were taken as prisoner's. In 1958, first batch of 200 convict's arrived on the island and soon the number of priosners increased to 775. They were kept in open enclosures.
The cobstrconstr of Cellular Jail completed in the year 1906 with prisoner's being used as labour's. The construction materials were sourced out from Burma.
Today, the Cellular Jail, the Indian Bastille stands as a mute witness to the untold sufferings, valiant defiance and undaunted spirit of the fire brand revolutionaries against the brutalities of the British barbarism.
Cellular Jail was why Andaman came to be called as 'Kalapani' or the Black waters.
Cellular Jail is open to public from
08.45 hrs to 12.30 hrs
13.30 hrs to 16.00 hrs.
Entry ticket fee for the mainlanders Rs 30/- and Rs 100/- for foreign nationals.
There will be light and sound show every evening from 18.00 hrs to 19.15 hrs and fee is Rs 50/-.
The Colonial prison by the British Raj in India "Cellular Jail 'was completed in 1906 with prisoner's being used as labours. As Indians revolted against British colonisation in great mutiny, several freedom fighters we're taken as prisoner's and idea of establishing a permanent penal settlement on the Islands by British rulers.
When you see the cell, the Indian Bastile stands as a mute witness to the untold sufferings, meted by the revolutionaries against the brutalities of the British barbarism.
The size of cell is very small hardly 7 ft length and 5 ft width , no lights but with a small ventellation near to celling. Several freedom fighters were tortured and the Britishers used them as yolk for the Manual Oil grinding mill called " Kolhu' .Several prisoner's died due to this torture and they been buried there it'self.
