Question

The Cellular Jail, which is famous for its unique architecture, is located in _____. 
1. Daman
2. Port Blair
3. Puducherry
4. Kavaratti

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Port Blair

The correct answer is Port Blair.

• Cellular Jail is situated on South Andaman Island, one of 572 islands forming the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India.
• The cellular jail was built by the British in 1906.
• Freedom fighters such as Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, Yogendra Shukla, Batukeshwar Dutt, Babarao Savarkar, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Bhai Parmanand, Sohan Singh, Subodh Roy and Trailokyanath Chakravarty, etc were kept in Cellular Jail.

Some islands were renamed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi:

• Ross Island was renamed Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island
• Neil Island was renamed Shaheed Island
• Havelock Island was renamed Swaraj Island.