pritom ghosh
From The forgotten Chapters of Indian History
Known as Kala Pani or ‘black water’, Cellular Jail in Andaman & Nicobar Islands was constructed in 1896 and opened by the British in 1906 to exile political prisoners in remote isolation
The penal colony, designed by the British to break people, would form one of the darkest chapters in India’s struggle for freedom.
The systematic & barbaric tortue of political prisoners was routine . Visting the cellular jail one would think there was not much difference between Nazi & the Imperial british, both were same side of the coin .
During the world war 2, Andaman went through the major transformation. Japanese took the possession of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 1942 and a year later, the Provisional Government and the INA. This was when Subhash Chandra Bose visited here and received a ceremonial welcome. During his visit to Andaman in on 30th December 1943, he hoisted the Tricolor for the first time on free Indian soil, much before India attained Independence declaring the island as the free territory from the British rule.
. The Andamans were renamed as 'Shaheed' in the memory of these martyrs and Nicobar as 'Swaraj'by the provincial government of India led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
From The forgotten Chapters of Indian History
Known as Kala Pani or ‘black water’, Cellular Jail in Andaman & Nicobar Islands was constructed in 1896 and opened by the British in 1906 to exile political prisoners in remote isolation
The penal colony, designed by the British to break people, would form one of the darkest chapters in India’s struggle for freedom.
The systematic & barbaric tortue of political prisoners was routine . Visting the cellular jail one would think there was not much difference between Nazi & the Imperial british, both were same side of the coin .
During the world war 2, Andaman went through the major transformation. Japanese took the possession of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 1942 and a year later, the Provisional Government and the INA. This was when Subhash Chandra Bose visited here and received a ceremonial welcome. During his visit to Andaman in on 30th December 1943, he hoisted the Tricolor for the first time on free Indian soil, much before India attained Independence declaring the island as the free territory from the British rule.
. The Andamans were renamed as 'Shaheed' in the memory of these martyrs and Nicobar as 'Swaraj'by the provincial government of India led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.