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[[File:Freedom Park Entrance.jpeg|right|thumb|300px|Entrance to Freedom Park]]<br />
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'''Freedom Park''' is located in the [[Central Business District]] of the city of [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. It was formerly the Central Jail.<ref name="moveover">{{cite news|url=http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/742-freedom-park-bangalore-central-jail|title=Move over Central Jail, enter Freedom Park|last=Khandekar|first=Supriya|date=15 Jan 2009 |publisher=Citizen Matters|access-date=2009-05-18}}</ref><br />
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It was opened to the public in November 2008. A part of it has been allotted for protests.<ref name="protestallot">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/31/stories/2008103159740300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203200834/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/31/stories/2008103159740300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-12-03|title=Part of Freedom Park allotted for protests|date=November 2008|access-date=2009-05-18|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><br />
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When a [[The Emergency (India)|state of emergency]] was proclaimed in India in 1975, several opposition leaders including [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and [[L.K. Advani]] were arrested and jailed at this prison.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-11-02/india/27321530_1_journalists-emergency-period-minister-l-k-advani | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715071143/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-11-02/india/27321530_1_journalists-emergency-period-minister-l-k-advani | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-07-15 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Emergency period most difficult for journalists: Advani | date=2002-11-02}}</ref><br />
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It also hosted the [[India Against Corruption]] (IAC) supported [[Anna Hazare]] indefinite fast for governmental action in the enactment of the [[Lok Pal]] bill.<ref name="India Against Corruption">{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/bangalores-freedom-park-stands-for-anna-96945|title=Bangalore's Freedom Park stands for Anna Hazare|date=April 2011|publisher=[[NDTV]]|access-date=2011-04-07}}</ref><br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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Image:Sculptures_at_Freedom_Park.jpeg|Sculptures of freedom fighters<br />
Image:Feedom_Park.jpg|Central Tower, Freedom Park<br />
Image:Sculpture_of_Soldier.jpeg| Sculpture of soldier<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Freedom Park (disambiguation)|Freedom Park]]<br />
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