Cellular Jail , Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Cellular Jail - Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India 

 Why in News -: 

 The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has visited the infamous Cellular Jail in Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands today, where valiant freedom fighters were meted out most cruel and inhuman treatment by the British. He also paid tributes to the heroes of the freedom moment.
About Jail -:

  1. Also Known as Kala Pani (Black Water) 
  2. Colonial Prison in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
  3. Was used by the British especially to exile political prisoners to remote archipelago.
  4. Many notable dissidents such as Batukeshwar Datt, Yogendra Shukla and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, among others,imprisoned here during the struggle for India's Independence.
  5. Today it serves as national memorial monument.  

Construction -:

Started - 1896
Ended - 1906


Architecture -:

  1. The construction of the prison started in 1896 and was completed in 1906. The original building was a puce-colored brick building.The bricks used to build the building were brought from Burma.
  2. The building had seven wings, at the centre of which a tower served as the intersection and was used by Guards to keep watch on the inmates;
  3.  this format was based on Jeremy Bentham's idea of the panopticon 
  4. The wings radiated from the tower in straight lines, much like the spokes of a bicycle wheel. 
  5. A large bell was kept in the tower to raise an alarm. 

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