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	Cellular Jail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cellular Jail (also known as Kaala paani, literally 'Black water', a term for the deep sea and hence exile) situated in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India) was completed in 1906.
		The name, cellular jail, was derived due to this solitary formation of the cells that prevented any prisoner from communicating with each other.
		The Centenary celebrations of the Jail were held on 10 March 2006 where many erstwhile prisoners were felicitated by the Government of India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cellular_Jail (824 words)

	Andaman and Nicobar Islands-TOURISM(Cellular Jail)
		The Cellular Jail was regarded by the freedom fighters all over the country as a place of pilgrimage.
		Cellular Jail originally had seven, three storeyed wings with a total of 698 cells, radiating from a central tower which had an additional storey to facilitate watch and ward.
		In one of the three surviving wings of the Jail is situated the District Jail.
	www.webindia123.com /territories/andaman/tourism/tour3.htm (648 words)

	Cellular Jail in Port Blair, Andaman and nicobar, Ross Island, Indian freedom movement,Andaman Islands, monument india.
		The Cellular Jail in Port Blair is a testimony to the steadfast conviction that men and women—political prisoners all—had in their nation’s destiny, and the hardships and sacrifices they readily gave for it.
		And so for the ticket-of-leave convicts, or the self-supporters, the Cellular jail was built in the penal settlement that covered 1876 square kilometres of grazing and arable land, swamps, dense forests, harbours and inlets, and a few villages.
		Even now, as you wander around the Jail Complex, the execution room where prisoners were hanged, the shed where they worked at the oil press, the eerie silence in the long corridors and the walls with hooks from which the prisoners were tied as punishment, will send a tremor of fear in you.
	www.indiaprofile.com /heritage/cellularjail-portblair.htm (1181 words)

	Kalapani Jail is 100 years old
		ver 150 Indians who served various sentences in Kalapani jail during the British regime for defying the orders of the administration or rebelling against the system were invited to take part in the celebrations of the 100 years of the establishment of the Cellular Jail on March 10, 2006.
		Cellular Jail, stood mute witness to the tortures meted out to the freedom fighters, who were incarcerated in this jail," said a press handout given to mediapersons in Delhi.
		The construction of Cellular Jail -- which got its name from the fact that it was made up of numerous individual cells it provided for prisoners destined for solitary confinement -- began in 1896 and was completed in 1906.
	www.rediff.com /news/2006/mar/10firstlook.htm (658 words)

	India Image : A Gateway for Government of India Info over the web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Jail acquired the name, ‘cellular’ becau0se it was made of individual cells for solitary confinement of prisoners.
		The Cellular Jail is the most prominent landmark of Port Blair, or, for that matter the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
		The centenary of the jail on the 10th of March 2006 will be a big event not only for the Islanders but also for the entire Country, as it re-lives the memories of its glorious past and salutes the brave sons of this great Country.
	indiaimage.nic.in /Cellular.htm (342 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / News Analysis : Hundred years of the Andamans Cellular Jail
		Construction of the Cellular Jail started in 1896 and was completed in 1906 —; a massive three-storeyed structure, shaped like a starfish, seven wings radiating from a central watchtower, the standard design of most British jails, a facility where 698 souls could be kept in solitary confinement.
		The Cellular Jail is the most prominent landmark of Port Blair, or, for that matter, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
		It has been a long journey for the Jail — from a torture machine to a National Memorial, from a dreaded prison to a place of pilgrimage, a place where the memories of brave freedom fighters are revived and patriotic fervour surges through the veins of the visitors.
	www.hindu.com /2005/12/21/stories/2005122107881100.htm (1016 words)

	History of Andaman Cellular Jail
		The Reopening of the Andaman Cellular Jail (1932)
		The Cellular Jail was inalienably linked to the long and glorious struggle of our revolutionary freedom movement fought on the mainland and it had deep political significance.
		For the assassination of Collector Jackson of Nasik District in the Nasik Conspiracy Case Veer Vinayak savarkar was convicted and sent to the Cellular jail on 7th April, 1911.
	www.andamancellularjail.org /History.htm (2227 words)

	Cellular Jail National Memorial,Port Blair Tourism, Monuments in India,Historical Places, Port Blair Tours
		Cellular Jail, located at Port Blair, stood mute witness to the tortures meted out to the freedom fighters, who were incarcerated in this Jail.
		The Jail, completed in the year 1906 acquired the name, 'Cellular' because it is entirely made up of individual cells for the solitary confinement of the prisoners.
		The penal settlement established in Andamans by the British after the First War of Independence in 1857 was the beginning of the agonising story of freedom fighters in the massive and awful jails at Viper Island followed by the Cellular Jail.
	andaman-nicobar.indiantravelportal.com /monuments/cellular-jail-national-memorial.html (467 words)

	Daily Excelsior... Editorial
		Cellular jail has stood as the mute witness to the tortures meted out to the freedom fighters.
		The jail, completed in the year 1906 acquired the name, ‘‘cullular'' because it is entirely made up of individual cells for the solitary confinement of the prisoners.
		For the assassination of Collector Jackson of Nasik District in the Nasik Conspiracy Case Vinayak Savarkar was convicted and sent to the Cellular jail on 7th April, 1911.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/06mar24/edit.htm (4145 words)

	wiki/Cellular Definition / wiki/Cellular Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		For cellular radio networking in general see cellular networkA cellular radio network is a radio network made up of a number of radio cells (or just cells) each served by a fixed transmitter, normally known as a base station.
		Cellular networks are inherently asymmetric with a set of fixed main transceivers each serving a cell and a set of distributed (generally, but not always, mobile) transceivers which provide services to the network's users...
		For cellular in the meaning of biologyBiology is the science of life (from the Greek words bios = life and logos = word).
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Cellular (349 words)

	Vinayak Damodar Savarkar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Following a failed attempt to escape while being transported from Marseilles, Savarkar was sentenced to 50-years imprisonment and moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
		Following a trial criticized by many Indians as unfair and biased, Savarkar was sentenced to 50-years imprisonment and transported on July 4, 1911 to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
		On May 2, 1921, the Savarkar brothers were moved to a jail in Ratnagiri, and later to the Yeravda Central Jail.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vinayak_Damodar_Savarkar (4519 words)

	Cellular jail's glory marred by poor restoration - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The thick outer wall that the tsunami had brought down like a pack of cards is back in place but the historic glory of Cellular jail, marred by aesthetically poor and unscientific construction, is yet to be restored a year after disaster.
		The jail, built in 1906 and due for centenary celebrations next year, was once a mute witness to the torture meted out to freedom fighters put here on solitary confinement during colonial rule.
		The local jail, that was functional till 1992, is now being dismantled and the wall that was built to separate the area from visiting tourists is in the process of being broken down.
	sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=14056957 (476 words)

	Daily Excelsior... Editorial
		By 1901 even before the construction of the Cellular Jail was completed, the total population of the settlement, including the convict population of 11974, stood at 16,106.
		In the 20th century, after the Cellular Jail was completed, came the Moplahs of Malabar, Rumpa peasants of Godavari, Burmese of Tharwaddy transported for life for anti-British movements.
		Ultimately the Government was compelled to repatriate all political prisoners to the mainland and by January 1938 the Cellular Jail was denuded of all these freedom fighters.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /02dec01/edit.htm (5466 words)

	Port Blair, Site seeing places, Cellular Jail
		Cellular jail located in Port Blair, is a mute witness to the tortures meted out to the freedom fighters, who were incarcerated in this jail.
		The Cellular jail, completed in the year 1906 acquired the name "CELLULAR" because it is entirely made up on individual cells for the solitary confinement of the prisoners.The jail, now a place of pilgrimage for all freedom loving people, has declared as a National Memorial.
		The saga of the heroic freedom struggle is brought alive in a moving Sound and Light show.The show is conducted every evening in the premises of cellular jail which gives us a brief idea about the happenings in the jail prior to the independence.
	www.andamanconnections.com /portblair.html (448 words)

	Ullaskar Dutta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the famous Alipore bomb case, Ullaskar was sentenced to death by hanging.Later,the verdict was reduced to transportation for life to Cellular Jail in Andaman.
		Ullaskar was subjected to brutal torture in cellular jail and is said to lose mental balance.He was set free in 1920 and he returned to Kolkata.
		Ullaskar was again arrested in 1931 and sentenced 18 months imprisonment.He returned to his home village Kalikachha when colonial rule ended in 1947.After a lonely life of 10 years, he returned to Kolkata in 1957 where he died on 17 May 1965.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ullaskar_Dutta (432 words)

	Kalapani for all, but not torturous : in august country, independence day, kalapani, cellular jail : IBNLive.com : ...
		Kalapani found its place in history because of Veer Savarkar who was brought to the Cellular Jail in 1911 when he was caught trying to escape from a ship in Marseille.
		The Cellular jail was every Indian's nightmare, notorious for torture and solitary confinement.
		The Cellular Jail today is a national memorial, a museum where the past has been carefully preserved.
	www.ibnlive.com /news/kalapani-for-all-but-not-torturous/18451-3-single.html (574 words)

	Cellular Jail at Port Blair damaged in quake - Sify.com
		About 20-metre stretch of a 15-inch thick stonewall, that once skirted the left wing of the jail, lies in a rubble today as a witness to the intensity of one of the worst devastations in recent times.
		While the jail, built in 1906, has sustained crack everywhere - the cells, the gallows, the exhibition galleries and the central tower - this portion of the strong wall is completely gone.
		The jail, a mute witness to the torture meted out to the freedom fighters put here in solitary confinement during the days of colonial rule and considered a place of pilgrimage for patriots, wears a deserted look.
	sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13645701 (236 words)

	Andaman Nicobar Tourism : : Tourist Spot > Monuments
		acquired the name, ‘cellular’ because it is entirely made up of individual cells for the solitary confinement of the prisoners.
		The patriots who raised their voice against the British Raj were sent to this Jail, where many perished.
		The jail at Viper, where prisoners deported from the mainland were confined, was built by the British under the supervision of Major Fort.
	tourism.andaman.nic.in /monuments.htm (794 words)

	Desicritics.org: Port Blair: Vignettes From The Cellular Jail
		Recently on a visit, I had the opportunity to visit a monument which is part of the myth of the Indian freedom struggle- the Cellular Jail at Port Blair.
		The Jail, completed in the year 1908 acquired the name, 'cellular' because it is entirely made up of individual cells for the solitary confinement of the prisoners.
		It is great to declare the Cellular Jail at Andamans a National Monument and honor all those incarcerated in its walls but a greater tribute still would be to create a society where the spirit of British colonialists which still permeates the Indian state is really history.
	desicritics.org /2006/06/13/141954.php (1078 words)

	Andaman_Islands
		The labouring convicts are distributed among four jails and nineteen stations; the self-supporters in thirty-eight villages.
		From the time of its development in 1858 under the direction of James Pattison Walker, and in response to the mutiny and rebellion of the previous year, the settlement was first and foremost a repository for political prisoners.
		The Cellular Jail at Port Blair when completed in 1910 included 698 cells designed to better accommodate solitary confinement; each cell measured 4.5 by 2.7 metres with a single ventilation window 3 metres above the floor.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/an/andaman_islands.html (4505 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : A splashing good time
		The jail was built during 1896-1908 in the north-east corner of Port Blair and housed hundreds of freedom fighters.
		Due to the irreparable damage caused by an earthquake, a portion of the jail had to be demolished and a modern hospital built in its place.
		As you stroll through the ruins of the jail, you are filled with a deep sense of gratitude towards the memory of those who were confined here for "daring" to take on the might of the British empire.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /life/2004/08/13/stories/2004081300120300.htm (1036 words)

	Revolutionaries: Section 'D'
		Deported to the Cellular Jail.Participated in two hunger strikes in Cellular Jail.
		Due to brutal torture in Cellular Jail he lost his mental balance and was repatriated and released in 1920.
		Participated in the assault on the armoury and fought a pitched battle on the Jalalabad hills with the Army.
	www.andamancellularjail.org /D1.htm (506 words)

	Agony and pride revisits Cellular on turning 100 - News - Webindia123.com
		The once infamous Cellular jail in Port Blair was the veritable hell for the freedom fighters.
		The revolutionaries and other convicts started constructing the Cellular Jail in 1896 which was completed in 1906.
		The Cellular jail, a unique symbol of India's revolutionary struggle for freedom, was the first of its kind in India which provided 698 cells for solitary confinemnt.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=272521&cat=India (306 words)

	Andaman's Kalapani jail turns 100 : andaman, cellular jail, kalapani : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		HELL ON EARTH: The Cellular Jail was a veritable hell for the freedom fighters.
		The revolutionaries and other convicts started constructing the Cellular Jail in 1896 which was completed in 1906.The Cellular jail, a unique symbol of India's revolutionary struggle for freedom, was the first of its kind in India which provided 698 cells for solitary confinemnt.
		This jail only confirms that the spirit can not be crushed by any means.
	www.ibnlive.com /article.php?id=6568§ion_id=3 (386 words)

	ANDAMAN TRAVEL AND HOTEL GUIDE :: Travel made Easy
		The Cellular Jail (also known as Kalapani, literally 'Black water', a term for the deep sea and hence exile) was built in 1906 on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India).
		It was called 'cellular' because its entire structure was made up of individual cells for the solitary confinement (and torture) of prisoners — mostly Indian freedom fighters.
		Veer Savarkar was one of the very prominent freedom fighters imprisoned here.A portion of the Cellular Jail was later converted into the G.B.Panth Hospital, the principal government hospital in Andaman.
	www.travelmadeeasy.in /andaman.htm (926 words)

	The Hindu : National : Cellular Jail turns 100
		It was a simple ceremony in front of the gates of the prison where the freedom fighters had spent some years of their youth.
		He was sent to the jail for "writing letters about killing the Magistrate and the Assistant Magistrate." He said: "I was here from 1935 to1938.
		He mentioned that there were "shocking omissions" in the light and sound show conducted regularly at the Cellular Jail.
	www.hindu.com /2006/03/11/stories/2006031103522000.htm (391 words)

	Gulf Times â€“ Qatarâ€™s top-selling English daily newspaper - India
		Bhowmick is one of the few surviving Indians who went to a jail in the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands built by the British a century ago as punishment centre for largely non-violent campaigns by freedom fighters against colonial rule.
		A sentence to Cellular Jail, named after its 698 cramped cells, came to be known as â€œKala Paniâ€‌ or fl waters, because of the cruelty inflicted on the inmates.
		According to the jailâ€™s website, 384 freedom fighters were repatriated to the Indian mainland a few years before independence in 1947, of which only 28 were alive when the country celebrated 50 years of its independence from British rule in 1997.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=70452&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 (1522 words)

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