Many of us who travel to this part of the land and visit the Cellular Jail, remains oblivious to the treachery of this place. Nearly 1000 people visit this place in day almost close to the number of prisoners it once housed. We take selfies, pose with the opulent structure but forget how much still is unknown about the place. It was a prison city in its own right which was governed by the cruel David Barry and Mirza Khan. When the first gates open for the political prisoners in 1906 very few knew it was lost tunnel. Records were far less and whatever survives is a tight lipped British classified documents. Many of the prisoners hasn't been found and identified till date including that of the Last Maharaja of Khurda, Sri Gajapati Raja Ramchandra Deva 3 of Puri. His name isn't there in the record although it has been believed he died of torture and hard labour shortly after he was deported here. The idea of this prison is based on the Hindu belief of Kalapani, which meant the Hindus lost their caste and soul if they crossed the sea. This led to more torture for the Hindus than others. In fact, Muslim convicts became warders and used against the Hindus. This totally changed the perception Savarkar and he became a Hindu hardcore fanatic then. The jail was closed down and reopened atleast 4 times to tame the political prisoners. There are accounts that state the cruel Jailor David Barry was thrown out of the roof by a convict which paralysed him. Ultimately he left for Calcutta and died there within 8 months of arrival. Other accounts say Barry died at sea. Here, I am still looking the burial site of Barry in Calcutta, if at all he died here. P.S. The 1996 Malayalam film Kalapani chronicles this story well. Do watch it. #cellularjail #prisoncity #prison #penalcolony #andamanjail #davidbarry #andamanpenalcolony #britishpenalcolony #savarkar #kalapani #kalapanijail #history #heritage #travelgram #travelblog #travelblogger #heritageblogger #bloggerheritage #indianhistory #indianheritage #andamantraveling #andamantourism #yourshotphotography #yourshotcommunity @lonelyplanetmagazineindia @lonelyplanet @natgeotravellerindia @natgeotravel @yourstory_com @yourshot_india (at Cellular Jail) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6oFfxtg2pW/?igshid=8c7xmj5kbgrr
