Alipore Jail
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The Alipore Jail or Alipore Central Jail, also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a prison in Alipore, Kolkata, where political prisoners were kept under British rule, among them Subhas Chandra Bose. It also housed the Alipore Jail Press. It is no longer in operation as a jail, having been shut down on February 20, 2019. The jail site is being developed as an Independence museum in the name of the martyrs who were imprisoned and executed there. It is also sometimes used for film shoots.
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Alipore Road, Kolkata Alipore (Kolkata District)
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N 22.53 ° | E 88.33 ° |
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Command Hospital
Alipore Road
700027 Kolkata, Alipore (Kolkata District)
West Bengal, India
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