On August 18, Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said that 1000 youths from Assam will visit the cellular jail in Andaman & Nicobar. This visit will be a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Taking to Twitter, CM Sarma said – We have decided to send 1,000 youth from Assam to Cellular Jail as part of #AzadiKaAmritMahotsov and to imbibe the spirit of nationalism by drawing inspiration from the sacrifices of our brave freedom fighters.
We have decided to send 1,000 youth from Assam to Cellular Jail as part of #AzadiKaAmritMahotsov and to imbibe the spirit of nationalism by drawing inspiration from the sacrifices of our brave freedom fighters.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (Modi Ka Parivar) (@himantabiswa) August 18, 2022
He also stated that – Cellular Jail in Andaman & Nicobar Islands holds a special place in India’s Independence Movement as scores of freedom fighters were jailed there for revolting against British Raj.
Cellular Jail in Andaman & Nicobar –
The Cellular Jail, also known as Kālā Pānī, was a colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. The British government used the prison to exile political prisoners to the remote archipelago.
Many notable independence activists, including Diwan Singh Kalepani, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, Yogendra Shukla, Batukeshwar Dutt, Shadan Chandra Chatterjee, Sohan Singh, Hare Krishna Konar, Shiv Verma, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Sudhanshu Dasgupta were imprisoned here during the struggle for India’s independence. Today, the complex serves as a national memorial monument.
