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Alipore Central Jail

The Alipore Jail or Alipore Central Jail, also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a defunct Indian prison in , , where political prisoners were kept under British rule.
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  • Type: Prison
  • Description: former jail converted to museum located in Kolkata
  • Also known as: “Alipore Independence Museum” and “Alipur Central Jail”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Library of India and Kalighat Temple.

Park
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
The is a library located in the Belvedere Estate, , , India. It is India's largest library by volume and public record. is situated 1 km northwest of Alipore Central Jail.

Hindu temple
Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.
Kalighat Kali Temple is a in , , , India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, one of the 10 Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition. is situated 630 metres south of Alipore Central Jail.

Hospital
Photo: Anupamdutta73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a cancer care hospital and research institute and one of the 27 regional cancer centres in . It is located in near at Hazra crossing. is situated 700 metres east of Alipore Central Jail.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Kolkata and Alipore.

Photo: Anitek bhattacharya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a posh and new area of . It is less congested and more modern than most parts of the city. You will find more flat blocks and green patches here compared to the North.

Suburb
Photo: Kolkatan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The land of bungalows, is home to Kolkata's zoological park, the National Library, a prison-turned-museum, and several government offices.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in in the state of .

Alipore Central Jail

Latitude
22.52558° or 22° 31′ 32″ north
Longitude
88.33979° or 88° 20′ 23″ east
Open location code
7MJCG8GQ+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 189898553
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q4726823
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Alipore Central Jail” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “আলিপুর কেন্দ্রীয় কারাগার”
  • Chinese: “Alipore監獄”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سجن اليبور المركزى”
  • Hindi: “अलीपुर जेल”
  • Spanish: “Carcel de Alipore”
  • Spanish: “Cárcel de Alipore”
  • Tamil: “ஆலிப்பூரா சிறை”
  • Telugu: “అలీపూర్ జైలు”
  • Urdu: “علی پور جیل”
  • Western Panjabi: “علی پور جیل”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kalighat Milan Sangha and 23 Palli Durga Temple.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alipore Central Jail”. Photo: Gopa.bkduttaroy, CC BY-SA 4.0.