Cellular Jail

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colonial prison national memorial tourist attraction

Cellular Jail is a former British colonial prison in the Andaman Islands, infamous for housing Indian freedom fighters under brutal conditions and now preserved as a national memorial.

Aliases (4)

Cellular Jail complex ×1
Cellular Jail, Andaman and Nicobar Islands ×1
Kala Pani Jail ×1
national memorial (Cellular Jail) in India ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial prison → national memorial → tourist attraction →
administeredBy	Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration →
architecturalStyle	radial plan →
cellType	solitary confinement cell →
commemorates	Indian freedom fighters →
constructedBy	British colonial government →
constructionEndDate	1906 →
constructionStartDate	1896 →
country	India →
currentUse	memorial → museum →
declarationDateAsNationalMemorial	1969 →
declaredAs	National Memorial →
designedFor	isolation of prisoners →
feature	central tower → gallows → light and sound show → prison hospital → watchtowers →
governedBy	Archaeological Survey of India →
heritageStatus	protected monument →
inaugurationDate	1906 →
languageOfNickname	Hindi →
locatedIn	Andaman and Nicobar Islands → Bay of Bengal → Port Blair → South Andaman Island →
nickname	Black Water → Kala Pani →
notableEvent	hunger strikes by political prisoners → torture and forced labor of inmates →
notableFor	harsh prison conditions → incarceration of Indian freedom fighters →
notablePrisoner	Barindra Kumar Ghosh → Batukeshwar Dutt → Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi → Sachindra Nath Sanyal → Trailokya Nath Chakraborty → Ullaskar Dutta → Vinayak Damodar Savarkar → Yogendra Shukla →
numberOfCells	693 →
numberOfStoreysPerWing	3 →
numberOfWings	7 →
periodOfUseAsPrison	early 20th century →
symbolizes	colonial oppression → sacrifice in the Indian independence struggle →
touristAttractionStatus	major tourist attraction in Andaman and Nicobar Islands →
usedBy	British Raj →
usedDuring	Indian independence movement →
usedFor	political prisoners → transportation sentences →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kala Pani → Kala Pani ("Kala Pani Jail") →	alsoKnownAs
Andaman Islands → South Andaman Island →	contains
Trailokya Nath Chakraborty → Ullaskar Dutta →	placeOfImprisonment
Black Water ("Cellular Jail complex") →	appliedTo
Port Blair →	associatedWith
Black Water ("national memorial (Cellular Jail) in India") →	heritageStatusOfReferent
Andaman and Nicobar Islands →	historicalSite
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ("Cellular Jail, Andaman and Nicobar Islands") →	imprisonedAt
Corbyn’s Cove Beach →	nearbyAttraction
Batukeshwar Dutt →	placeOfDetention
Black Water →	refersTo
Port Blair →	tourismAttraction