Alipore Jail
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| Location | Alipore, Kolkata |
|---|---|
| Status | Open |
| Security class | Maximum |
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Opened | 1910 |
The Alipore Jail or Alipore Central Jail (Bengali: আলিপুর কেন্দ্রীয় সংশোধনাগার) is a prison in Alipore, Kolkata, where political prisoners were kept under British rule, among them Subhas Chandra Bose. It is still in operation.[1][2] It also houses the Alipore Jail Press.
Notable inmates
- Sri Aurobindo (May 1908-May 1909), imprisoned after the Alipore bomb case. During his stay he wrote a series of articles in Bengali in the journal Suprabhat, later published as Tales of Prison life. He later said, "I have spoken of a year's imprisonment. It would have been more appropriate to speak of a year's living in an ashram or a hermitage. The only result of the wrath of the British Government was that I found God." [3]
- Subhas Chandra Bose
- K. Kamaraj (1930)
- Bidhan Chandra Roy (1930)
- Charu Mazumdar
- Promode Ranjan Chaudhury (1927)
- Dr. Jack Preger, MBE (1981)
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