125.20.10.34: Removed some non distinguished names from the list of convicts

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Removed some non distinguished names from the list of convicts

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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox prison
| name = Vellore Central Prison
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| location = Thorappadi [[Vellore]]
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| classification = Central Prison
| capacity = 2,208
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| opened = 1980
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| managed_by = Tamil Nadu Prison Department
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| street-address = Bagayam Road
| city = [[Vellore]]
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| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| postcode = 632002
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| prisoners = [[Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi]], 
[[Sri Vikrama Rajasinha of Kandy]], 
[[C. Rajagopalachari]], 
[[V. V. Giri]], 
[[R. Venkataraman]], 
[[C. N. Annadurai]], 
[[K. Kamaraj]]
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'''Vellore Central Prison''' (established in 1830) is a [[prison]] in [[Vellore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>Vellore Central Prison inception date: http://www.prisons.tn.nic.in/history.htm</ref>

It is the largest jail in the district and 2nd largest in Tamil Nadu after [[puzhal central prison]], Convicts sentenced to imprisonment are confined in the jail from various districts of the Presidency as well as from Burma. Many prisoners sentenced to transpiration by the courts of this Presidency are retained when considered physically unfit for deportation to Andaman. The expenditure in the jail is recovered by the value of the convict labour.

The chief industry carried out in the jail is weaving. A great variety of clothes of various patterns as well as table clothes, gunnies, choir mats, carpets etc. are woven. The central jail is famous for its carpets. The manufacture was first taught to the convicts by a carpet weaver of Ellore. The fabrics are woven and sold in England. Carpentry, shoe making, iron and brass work and tent making are also carried out.<ref>Prison Industry: http://www.prisons.tn.nic.in/prison.htm</ref>

By extreme hard work and good conduct, convicts may earn a remission not exceeding 1/6 of the total period of imprisonment awarded them.

There is a small sub jail attached to the central prison to accommodate the remand and under-trail prisoners of this dist. They will be sent to the concerned courts on the dates under Police Escorts. The prison is protected by a live wiring fence.<ref>Live wiring fence picture: http://www.prisons.tn.nic.in/photo-vlr.htm</ref>

'''People of significance who were imprisoned here include'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Sl no
! Name
! Remarks
|-
| 1
| Allama Mashriqi
| Founder of Khaksar Tehrik, imprisoned in March 1940
|-
| 2
| Sri Wikrama Rajasinha
| The last king in Sri Lanka
|-
| 3
| C. Rajagopalachari
| Last Governor-General of India, for his role in India's freedom struggle
|-
| 4
| V. V. Giri
| President of India, for his role in India's freedom struggle
|-
| 5
| R. Venkataraman
| President of India, imprisoned in 1941 for his role in India's freedom struggle
|-
| 6
| C. N. Annadurai
| Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, imprisoned in 1962, for his role in India's freedom struggle
|-
| 7
| K. Kamaraj
| Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
|-
| 8
| Vinoba Bhave
| Indian advocate of Nonviolence and human rights
|-
| 9
| Jayendra Saraswathi
| Shankaracharya of Kanchi, under custody in 2004 under charges of murder

|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1830 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Prisons in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Vellore]]

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