Kala Pani

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colonial prison historical site tourist attraction

Kala Pani is the infamous British-era colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, known for its harsh conditions and use to exile Indian freedom fighters.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kala Pani refers to "black waters" signifying exile across the sea	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial prison ⓘ historical site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
administeredBy	Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ surface form: Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration
alsoKnownAs	Cellular Jail ⓘ Cellular Jail ⓘ surface form: Kala Pani Jail
architecturalFeature	radial plan ⓘ seven wings originally ⓘ three stories of cells ⓘ
associatedWith	Indian independence movement ⓘ penal transportation from mainland India ⓘ revolutionary freedom fighters ⓘ
cellType	solitary cells ⓘ
completionDate	1906 ⓘ
constructedBy	Government of British India ⓘ surface form: British colonial government
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
currentUse	museum ⓘ national memorial ⓘ
designationDate	declared a National Memorial in 1979 ⓘ
designedFor	isolation of prisoners ⓘ
era	British colonial period ⓘ
governedBy	Government of India ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Memorial (India) ⓘ
inception	late 19th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ Bay of Bengal ⓘ Port Blair ⓘ South Andaman Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ iron ⓘ
nicknameOrigin	Kala Pani self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kala Pani refers to "black waters" signifying exile across the sea
notableFor	exile of Indian freedom fighters ⓘ harsh imprisonment conditions ⓘ solitary confinement cells ⓘ torture and forced labor ⓘ
notablePrisoner	Batukeshwar Dutt ⓘ Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi ⓘ Ganesh Damodar Savarkar ⓘ Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ⓘ Yogendra Shukla ⓘ
numberOfCells	approximately 693 ⓘ
primaryFunction	high-security prison ⓘ penal colony ⓘ
startDate	construction began 1896 ⓘ
status	partially preserved ⓘ
theme	colonial repression ⓘ sacrifice of freedom fighters ⓘ
usedBy	Government of British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj authorities
usedFor	incarceration of convicts from mainland India ⓘ incarceration of political prisoners ⓘ
visitorAttraction	sound and light show on freedom struggle ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Water → equivalentName → Kala Pani ⓘ

Cellular Jail → nickname → Kala Pani ⓘ

Kala Pani → nicknameOrigin → Kala Pani self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kala Pani refers to "black waters" signifying exile across the sea