Kalapani jail is 100 years old

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The Cellular Jail in Port Blair, Andaman Islands marks 100 years of existence today, March 10.

The British-run Bengal government, and Governor General of India, Lord Cornwallis, conceived the idea of developing the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal, as a British colony in the 1700s.

Two officers – one of them was Lieutenant Archibald Blair (that's how Port Blair got its name) -- were sent to survey the area. A settlement was established on Chatham Island in a southeastern bay of the Great Andaman and was called Port Cornwallis (later its name was changed to Port Blair). There was much illness on the islands and the colony did not work out so the settlers were shipped back to the mainland..........

http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/mar/10firstlook.htm

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