Cellular Jail
E12763
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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cellular Jail canonical | 12 |
| Cellular Jail complex | 1 |
| Cellular Jail in Port Blair | 1 |
| Cellular Jail, Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1 |
| Kala Pani Jail | 1 |
| national memorial (Cellular Jail) in India | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T115381 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cellular Jail Context triple: [Andaman and Nicobar Islands, historicalSite, Cellular Jail]
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A.
Bombay Castle
Bombay Castle is a historic fortified complex in Mumbai that served as the core stronghold and early seat of British colonial administration in western India.
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B.
Landsberg Prison
Landsberg Prison is a Bavarian detention facility best known as the place where Adolf Hitler was incarcerated in 1924 and wrote much of "Mein Kampf."
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C.
Sabarmati Ashram
Sabarmati Ashram is a historic riverside retreat in Ahmedabad, India, that served as Mahatma Gandhi’s base for many key activities of the Indian independence movement.
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D.
Eastern State Penitentiary
Eastern State Penitentiary is a historic former prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, renowned for its revolutionary radial design and as one of the most famous and expensive prisons of the 19th century.
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E.
Sevagram Ashram
Sevagram Ashram is a historic rural ashram in Maharashtra, India, that served as Mahatma Gandhi’s main headquarters and center of his social and political activities during the Indian independence movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cellular Jail Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Bombay Castle
Bombay Castle is a historic fortified complex in Mumbai that served as the core stronghold and early seat of British colonial administration in western India.
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B.
Landsberg Prison
Landsberg Prison is a Bavarian detention facility best known as the place where Adolf Hitler was incarcerated in 1924 and wrote much of "Mein Kampf."
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C.
Sabarmati Ashram
Sabarmati Ashram is a historic riverside retreat in Ahmedabad, India, that served as Mahatma Gandhi’s base for many key activities of the Indian independence movement.
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D.
Eastern State Penitentiary
Eastern State Penitentiary is a historic former prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, renowned for its revolutionary radial design and as one of the most famous and expensive prisons of the 19th century.
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E.
Sevagram Ashram
Sevagram Ashram is a historic rural ashram in Maharashtra, India, that served as Mahatma Gandhi’s main headquarters and center of his social and political activities during the Indian independence movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial prison
ⓘ
national memorial ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration
|
| architecturalStyle | radial plan ⓘ |
| cellType | solitary confinement cell ⓘ |
| commemorates | Indian freedom fighters ⓘ |
| constructedBy |
Colonial Office
ⓘ
surface form:
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 India
ⓘ
surface form:
British Raj
|
| usedDuring | Indian independence movement ⓘ |
| usedFor |
political prisoners
ⓘ
transportation sentences ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cellular Jail Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cellular Jail complex
this entity surface form:
national memorial (Cellular Jail) in India
this entity surface form:
Kala Pani Jail
this entity surface form:
Cellular Jail, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form:
Cellular Jail in Port Blair