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	[[File:The Alipore Gaol, Calcutta; Illustrated London News, 1870.jpg\|thumb\|The Alipore Gaol, Calcutta; in 1870]]		[[File:The Alipore Gaol, Calcutta; Illustrated London News, 1870.jpg\|thumb\|The Alipore Gaol, Calcutta; in 1870]]
	The '''Alipore Jail''' or '''Alipore Central Jail''', also known as '''Presidency Correctional Home''', is a prison in [[Alipore]], [[Kolkata]], where political prisoners were kept under [[British rule]], among them [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. It is ~~still~~ in operation.<ref>{{cite ~~news~~\|url=~~http~~://www.~~deccanherald~~.com/~~content~~/~~66042~~/~~this~~-~~jailhouse~~-~~has~~-~~rich~~-~~past~~.html\|title=~~This jailhouse has a rich past~~\|~~work~~=~~Deccan Chronicle~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite ~~news~~\|url=~~http~~://~~news~~.~~bbc~~.~~co.uk~~/2/hi/~~south_asia~~/~~3597316~~.~~stm~~\|title=~~Children die in copycat hangings~~\|date=~~25 August 2004~~\|~~work~~=~~BBC News~~}}</ref> It also ~~houses the [[Alipore Jail Press]]~~.		The '''Alipore Jail''' or '''Alipore Central Jail''', also known as '''Presidency Correctional Home''', is a prison in [[Alipore]], [[Kolkata]], where political prisoners were kept under [[British rule]], among them [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. It also housed the [[Alipore Jail Press]]. It is no longer in operation as a jail, having been shut down on February 20, 2019.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/end-of-an-era-as-alipore-central-jail-closes-down-119022001262_1.html\|title=End of an era as Alipore Central jail closes down\|publisher=Business Standard\|access-date=4 December 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109082016/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/end-of-an-era-as-alipore-central-jail-closes-down-119022001262_1.html\|archive-date=9 November 2021\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
			The jail site is being developed as an Independence museum in the name of the martyrs who were imprisoned and executed there.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/alipore-jail-to-house-museum-on-independence-movement/articleshow/86879626.cms\|title=Alipore jail to house museum on Independence movement\|publisher=Times of India\|access-date=9 October 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009012314/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/alipore-jail-to-house-museum-on-independence-movement/articleshow/86879626.cms\|archive-date=9 October 2021\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It is also sometimes used for film shoots.

	==Notable inmates==		==Notable inmates==
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	* [[Jack Preger\|Dr. Jack Preger, MBE]] (1981)		* [[Jack Preger\|Dr. Jack Preger, MBE]] (1981)
	* [[P. Kakkan]]		* [[P. Kakkan]]
			* [[Charu Chandra Bose]]

	==References==		==References==

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	==Notable inmates==		==Notable inmates==
	* [[Sri Aurobindo]] (May 1908 – May 1909), imprisoned after the [[Alipore bomb case]]. During his stay he wrote a series of articles in Bengali in the journal ''Suprabhat'', later published as ''Tales of Prison life''. He later said, "I have spoken of a year's imprisonment. It would have been more appropriate to speak of a year's living in an ashram or a hermitage. The only result of the wrath of the British Government was that I found God." <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sriaurobindosociety.org.in/sriauro/aurolif1.htm#alipore\|title=The Prison-Cell Of Alipore\|publisher=Sri Aurobindo Society\|access-date=4 December 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130091354/http://sriaurobindosociety.org.in/sriauro/aurolif1.htm#alipore\|archive-date=30 November 2010\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		* [[Sri Aurobindo]] (May 1908 – May 1909), imprisoned after the [[Alipore bomb case]]. During his stay he wrote a series of articles in Bengali in the journal ''Suprabhat'', later published as ''Tales of Prison life''. He later said, "I have spoken of a year's imprisonment. It would have been more appropriate to speak of a year's living in an ashram or a hermitage. The only result of the wrath of the British Government was that I found God."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sriaurobindosociety.org.in/sriauro/aurolif1.htm#alipore\|title=The Prison-Cell Of Alipore\|publisher=Sri Aurobindo Society\|access-date=4 December 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130091354/http://sriaurobindosociety.org.in/sriauro/aurolif1.htm#alipore\|archive-date=30 November 2010\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
	* [[Dudu Miyan]] (1857–61)		* [[Dudu Miyan]] (1857–61)
	* [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]		* [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]
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	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728173024/http://www.westbengalcorrectionalservices.org/history_martyrs.html Martyrs of Indian Freedom]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728173024/http://www.westbengalcorrectionalservices.org/history_martyrs.html Martyrs of Indian Freedom]

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| prison_name = Alipore Jail
| former_name = Old Alipore Jail
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| location = [[Alipore]], [[Kolkata]]
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| status = Open
| classification = Maximum
| capacity = 2000
| opened = {{start date and age|1864}}<ref>[http://wbcorrectionalservices.gov.in/history_heritage.html Presidency Correctional Home]</ref>
| closed =
| managed_by =
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[[File:The Alipore Gaol, Calcutta; Illustrated London News, 1870.jpg|thumb|The Alipore Gaol, Calcutta; in 1870]]
The '''Alipore Jail''' or '''Alipore Central Jail''', also known as '''Presidency Correctional Home''', is a prison in [[Alipore]], [[Kolkata]], where political prisoners were kept under [[British rule]], among them [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. It is still in operation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/66042/this-jailhouse-has-rich-past.html|title=This jailhouse has a rich past|work=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3597316.stm|title=Children die in copycat hangings|date=25 August 2004|work=BBC News}}</ref> It also houses the [[Alipore Jail Press]].

==Notable inmates==
* [[Sri Aurobindo]] (May 1908 – May 1909), imprisoned after the [[Alipore bomb case]]. During his stay he wrote a series of articles in Bengali in the journal ''Suprabhat'', later published as ''Tales of Prison life''. He later said, "I have spoken of a year's imprisonment. It would have been more appropriate to speak of a year's living in an ashram or a hermitage. The only result of the wrath of the British Government was that I found God." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sriaurobindosociety.org.in/sriauro/aurolif1.htm#alipore|title=The Prison-Cell Of Alipore|publisher=Sri Aurobindo Society|access-date=4 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130091354/http://sriaurobindosociety.org.in/sriauro/aurolif1.htm#alipore|archive-date=30 November 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Dudu Miyan]] (1857–61)
* [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]
* [[K. Kamaraj]] (1930)
* [[Ramakrishna Biswas]]
* [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]] (1930)
* [[Charu Mazumdar]]
* [[Pramod Ranjan Choudhury]] (1926)
* [[Jack Preger|Dr. Jack Preger, MBE]] (1981)
* [[P. Kakkan]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728173024/http://www.westbengalcorrectionalservices.org/history_martyrs.html Martyrs of Indian Freedom]

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