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Cellular Jail

colonial prison in India
Organization Defunct Prison Q3345501

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
defunct prison, prison museum[4]
Official website
cellularjail.com[9]

Status and dates

Inception
1906[7]

Location

Country
India[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 11.675°, 92.748°[8]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Srivijayapuram[2]

Relations

Owned by
Government of India[6]
More facts +6
Website
cellularjail.com
Located in
Srivijayapuram
Commissioned by
British Raj[5]
Coordinates
🗺️ 11.675°, 92.748°
Heritage designation
Tentative World Heritage Site (2014–present)[10]
World Heritage criteria
(iv), (vi)[11][12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Cellular Jail fr Kala Pani he בית הכלא סלולר he בית הסוהר סלולר hi सेलुलर जेल hi सेल्युलर जेल hi सेल्यूलर जेल id Penjara Cellular ja セルラー刑務所 ru Сотовая тюрьма
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Front View of Cellular Jail, Port Blair.JPG ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Cellular-Jail
Freebase ID
/m/04whgc
Quora topic ID
Cellular-Jail
World Heritage Tentative List ID
5888

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🔗 Connections
People who died here 2
Mahavir Singh, Mohan Kishore Namadas
Commissioned by 1
British Raj
Country 1
India
Heritage designation 1
Tentative World Heritage Site
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Srivijayapuram
Owned by 1
Government of India
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Summary

Cellular Jail is a defunct prison[1].

Related Entities

India Srivijayapuram

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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