Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the first Chief Minister and architect of West Bengal was incarcerated in cell no. 4 at the ground floor of the ‘Netaji Bhavan’ from 05.09.1930 to 16.01.1931.
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Dr. B.C.Roy Cell :
Gallows & Adjacent Condemned Cells :
The gallows and its adjacent cells (condemned cells) where condemned prisoners were kept just before the execution are still carrying the memories of the following freedom fighters who became martyrs, being hanged to death at the gallows of Alipore Central Jail. Following freedom fighters martyred themselves here: Anantahari Mitra (1926), Promod Ranjan Chowdhury (1926), Dinesh Gupta (1931), Ramkrishna Biswas (1931) and Dinesh Mazumdar (1934) Every year on Martyrs’ Day (January 30) veteran freedom fighters and a large number of people including students pay their homage to the martyrs by offering floral wreaths at the gallows.
Alipore Central Jail Press :
The magnificent Press building inside Alipore Central Correctional Home, known as Alipore Central Jail Press is one of the oldest printing presses in India and is still surviving with its history of more than 130 years. This Press still has the pride of possessing some of the oldest printing machines of different generations in Kolkata having historical value and importance.
Midnapore Central Correctional Home
The Midnapore Central Jail now Midnapore Central Correctional Home was established in 1868 and has a glorious past during the regime of the then oppressive British Government. Its interior premise stands on 92 bighas of land surrounded by the boulder Perimeter Wall besides a huge stretch of open land outside.The following freedom fighters became martyrs being hanged to death, at the gallows of Midnapore Central Jail:Prodyot Bhattacharya (1933), Krishna Chandra Chowdhury (1934), Harendra Nath Chakraborty (1934), Braja Kishore Chakraborty (1934), Ramkrishna Roy (1934), Nirmal Jiban Ghosh (1934) Despite all the wear and tear, this correctional home still bears the reminiscence of India’s struggle for Freedom.
Purba Degree & Paschim Degree :
Midnapore Central Jail now Midnapore Central Correctional Home has a chequered history for confining the revolutionaries who underwent severe and gruesome torture being accommodated in two cell blocks called “Purba Degree” and “Paschim Degree” having one hundred cells each and 20 others cells (meant for lodging high risk freedom fighters) which now stand badly dilapidated in northern part of the inside complex.
