The Andaman Islands and the Indian National Movement

An important phase of the Indian National Movement was played out at the  Cellular Jail, popularly referred to as Kālā Pānī  (black waters), a colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The prison was used by the British expressly to deport political prisoners to the secluded archipelago. Among the prominent dissidents who were imprisoned here in course of the freedom struggle were Batukeshwar Dutt, Yogendra Shukla and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. At present, the complex serves as a national memorial monument.