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{{Short description|Jail in Kolkata, India}} | |||
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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 | 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== | ||
* [[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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* [[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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* [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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[[Category:Prisons in India|Alipore]] | [[Category:Prisons in India|Alipore]] | ||
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| Location | Alipore, Kolkata |
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| Status | Open |
| Security class | Maximum |
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Opened | 1864[1] |
| Former name | Old Alipore Jail |
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.[2] The jail site is being developed as an Independence museum in the name of the martyrs who were imprisoned and executed there.[3] It is also sometimes used for film shoots.
Notable inmates[edit | edit source]
- 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."[4]
- Dudu Miyan (1857–61)
- Subhas Chandra Bose
- K. Kamaraj (1930)
- Ramakrishna Biswas
- Bidhan Chandra Roy (1930)
- Charu Mazumdar
- Pramod Ranjan Choudhury (1926)
- Dr. Jack Preger, MBE (1981)
- P. Kakkan
- Charu Chandra Bose
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Presidency Correctional Home
- ↑ "End of an era as Alipore Central jail closes down". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ↑ "Alipore jail to house museum on Independence movement". Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ↑ "The Prison-Cell Of Alipore". Sri Aurobindo Society. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
External links[edit | edit source]
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