Editing Cellular Jail (section)

{{Short description|Indian island colonial prison}}
{{Other uses|Kala Pani (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}{{Infobox building
| name             = Cellular Jail
| alternate_names  = Kālā Pāni
| image            = Front View of Cellular Jail, Port Blair.JPG
| caption          = Entrance of the Cellular Jail
| building_type    = Prison for [[political prisoners]] ([[Indian independence activists]])
| architectural_style = Cellular, pronged
| cost             = [[Indian rupee|₹]]517,352<ref name="hinduonnet">{{cite web | title = A memorial to the freedom fighters | newspaper = [[The Hindu]] | location = India | date = 15 August 2004 | url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/features/andaman/stories/2004081500160200.htm | access-date = 2 September 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071023104742/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/features/andaman/stories/2004081500160200.htm | archive-date = 23 October 2007 | url-status = usurped }}</ref>
| client           = {{flagicon|India}} [[India]]
| owner            = [[Government of India]]
| location_town    = [[Port Blair]], [[Andaman Islands|Andaman]]
| location_country = {{IND}}
| coordinates      = {{coord|11.675|92.748|scale:3000}}
| start_date       = 1896
| completion_date  = 1906
}}

{{Infobox prison
| image            = File:Cellular Jail, Andaman and Nicobar.JPG
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| prisoners        =
{{ubl|[[Batukeshwar Dutt]]
|[[Bhai Parmanand]]
|[[Diwan Singh]]
|[[Hare Krishna Konar]]
|[[Hemchandra Kanungo]]
|[[Mahavir Singh (revolutionary)|Mahavir Singh]]
|[[Mohan Kishore Namadas]]
|[[Mohit Moitra]]
|[[Sachindra Nath Sanyal]]
|[[Shiv Verma]]
|[[Sohan Singh Bhakna]]
|[[Sudhangshu Dasgupta]]
|[[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]]
|[[Yogendra Shukla]]}}
}}

The '''Cellular Jail''', also known as ''''''Kālā Pānī'''''' ({{Translation|'Black Water'}}), was a British colonial prison in the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]. The prison was used by the [[British Raj|colonial government of India]] for the purpose of [[Penal transportation|exiling]] criminals and [[political prisoners]]. Many notable [[List of Indian independence activists|independence activists]] were imprisoned there during the [[Indian independence movement|struggle for India's independence]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cellular Jail: Timing, Updated Photos, History and reviews 2020|url=https://www.tropicalandamans.com/cellular-jail|access-date=2021-12-16|website=www.tropicalandamans.com}}</ref> Today, the complex serves as a national memorial monument.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cellular jail District South Andaman, Government of Andaman and Nicobar {{!}} India|url=https://southandaman.nic.in/tourist-place/cellular/|access-date=2021-12-16|language=en-US}}</ref>

Originally built with seven wings, the building suffered extensive damage during the earthquake in 1941.<ref>https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5888/#</ref> Later, two wings were dismantled during the [[World War II|Second World War]] by the Japanese, who repurposed the bricks for constructing bunkers and other structures. After [[Indian independence movement|India gained independence]], two more wings were demolished in the 1950s to make way for the nearby [[Govind Ballabh Pant]] Hospital. Today, only the watchtower and three wings (1, 6, and 7) remain.<ref>https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/blogdetail.htm?103</ref>