Editing Cellular Jail (section)

==INA control==
The [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] launched an [[Invasion and occupation of the Andaman Islands during World War II|invasion of the Andaman islands]] in March 1942, capturing the Cellular Jail and all prison personnel. The Cellular Jail then became home to British prisoners-of-war, suspected Indian supporters of the British, and later of members of the [[Indian Independence League]], many of whom were tortured and killed there by the Japanese.<ref>N. Iqbal Singh ''The Andaman Story'' (Delhi: Vikas Publ.) 1978 p. 249</ref> Notionally during this period control of the Islands was passed to [[Subhas Chandra Bose]], who hoisted the Indian National Flag for the first time on the islands, at the Gymkhana Ground in Port Blair, appointed INA General AD Loganathan as the governor of the Islands, and announced the Azad Hind Government was not merely a Government in Exile, and had freed the territory from British colonial rule.<ref name="Toi">{{cite news |last= Abraham |first=Bobins |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/this-day-in-1943-netaji-subhash-chandra-bose-hoisted-first-independent-indian-flag-in-andaman-nicobar-336657.html |title=This Day In 1943 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Hoisted First Independent Indian Flag In Andaman & Nicobar |work=The Times of India |publisher=Times of India |date=2017-12-30 |access-date=2018-09-11 }}</ref>

On 7 October 1945 the British resumed control of the Islands, and prison, following the surrender of the islands to Brigadier J. A. Salomons, of the [[116th Indian Infantry Brigade]], a month after the [[Surrender of Japan]], at the end of [[World War II]].