• For fellow Indians the Cellular Jail is still known as Kala Pani which translated to Hindi/Bangla/Punjabi means Black Water or Death Water.
  • The Cellular Jail, also known as Kālā Pānī (Hindi for 'Black Waters'), was a colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
  • As the name suggests "cellular jail" the prison has solitary cells such that no inmate could communicate with the other.
  • Relive the Independence Struggle at the Cellular Jail. Once a brutal prison, it has now been converted into a museum that depicts the entire struggle behind...
  • Today, Cellular Jail is a physical monument and a solemn reminder of the sacrifices made for the cherished ideals of liberty and independence.
  • Entry Fee (Cellular Jail Sightseeing) (INR): RS 30/- Camera: Rs 200/-. The entry fee (Sound-Light Show) for Adult is 50/- (INR).
  • One of the top tourist spots in the Andaman Islands is Cellular jail. The place is a burning memorial to the black days of British colonial imposition in India.
  • You can visualize men in white with cap renting the air in the corridors of the Cellular Jail in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with the slogan Vande Mataram!
  • They were all in solitary confinement. Some famous inmates of the Cellular Jail were Diwan Singh Kalepani, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, Yogendra Shukla...
  • Cellular Jail was constructed under the British rule, in the year 1906, to serve as a prison for the Indian activists who participated in India's freedom struggle.