Kalapani jail , Andaman Cellular jail

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar sacrificed his life for the independence of India In Kalapani jail aka Andaman cellular jail. Nowadays people do not stop pra

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar sacrificed his life for the independence of India In Kalapani jail aka Andaman cellular jail. Nowadays people do not stop praising the Gandhi family, but if any member of the family had spent time in Kalapani jail aka Andaman cellular jail this dungeon and got the punishment of Kala Pani, then maybe something else would have happened.

 

In British rule, the awe of the punishment of Kalapani was more than hanging and gunshot. Solitary confinement was not the only torture here, even bigger punishments were there. This was the most difficult work done by the prisoners here. Many prisoners had died due to this and many had deteriorated mental balance. Like the bull of crusher, the prisoners were plowed in it. They were beaten like bulls if they refused to do it. Certainly, this brutality led to a revolt in this prison. Today, where you watch light and sound shows, other tasks were done there like weaving coconut rope, rope making, peel tamping, which had to be completed with the set time and goal.

 

Those who opposed were locked in scornful cells. Apart from this, prisoners who were sentenced to death were also kept in these rooms until they were hanged. There was a hanging house in front of these cells and those prisoners used to see only the hanging house. Veer Savarkar was also kept in these scornful cells. I became emotional after seeing that heroic martyr's chamber. This prison was called Kaala Paani which was the synonym of banishment. It was considered a place from which one could not come back after going once and he may not be hanged but he had to die there. At that time it was very difficult to reach this island and only one could go through the government water ships which were under government control. The Britishers have two benefits by keeping the prisoners here. Ships coming from Britain to get stuck in the storm or to stop in the journey could be stopped here, but only when a permanent colony lives on this island and no one was ready to live here at that time, by bringing the prisoners it became possible here. When captives arrived here, then to handle them like soldiers, jailors, and other work people of Britain and India were brought here. And then a permanent colony was established here.

 

The first 200 freedom fighters were brought here. In a cruel punishment, a chain gang was formed to further torture the prisoners here. In this, many prisoners were kept tied together with the chains day and night. If these objectives could not be fulfilled here, then jails were also built on Vipers and Rose Island. Once more than two hundred prisoners tried to escape from here, most of them died while trying to escape and all those who were caught were hanged at the same time on the same day. Many times the tribals of here attacked these colonies and the captives were also killed in them. After many years, a lot of strikes started and after that when the stories of Andaman torture started coming out, the protests also started. The food was forced into their mouths to finish the strike, but still, three political prisoners died.

 

After a lot of protests, the British government had called back the remaining political prisoners. The practice of banishment ended after that. The construction of this prison was also very beautiful architecture. Tourists are still happy to see that place but our brothers sacrificed to make that place and this Earth was red with their blood. But all this also became possible because the hands of those who tortured our martyrs were not only of the Britishers but also of some disgruntled Indians like Jaichand who had with them.