Cellular Jail

The Cellular Jail does not need an introduction as it stays in all of our hearts as a national memorial. It remains as a silent witness of how the freedom fighters were imprisoned and tortured by the British. The Andaman Islands were used by the British to exile notorious criminals immediately after the First War of Independence. Earlier known as 'Kalapani', the Cellular Jail is located in the capital city of Port Blair. The jail was called Kaala Paani because all around the jail was sea and hence no prisoner could ever hope to escape. The people in mainland India feared the Andaman Islands because once the people were shipped to the islands as prisoners they could never return to their homes, they were either killed or imprisoned for life. Hundreds of people were shipped to the island as prisoners and were tortured to death.