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JORHAT: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday visited the historic Jorhat Central Jail and interacted with the jail authority as well as few of the jail inmates and took stock of their various grievances.
Later, while talking with the media persons, Chief Minister Sarma said that as per his announcement in this year's Independence Day speech, the State Government would preserve the Jorhat Central Jail as a heritage site after shifting the present prison to another place in the district. The government will develop a heritage site in 100 bighas of jail land. It will be done as a mark of tribute to our great freedom fighters during the celebration of 75th year of Independence.
The Jorhat Central Jail, formerly known as Jorhat District Jail was constructed during the British rule in India in 1909 and was opened in 1911. During the freedom struggle, prominent freedom fighters like social reformer Pitambor Dev Goswami, former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, former Chief Minister Gopinath Bordoloi and Bimala Prasad Chaliha, Amiyo Kumar Das, Bijoy Bhagawati and Kamakhya Tripathi were imprisoned in this jail. Freedom fighter Beja Bauri and Kamala Miri breathed their last inside this jail. Martyr Kushal Konwar was also hanged in this jail on June 15, 1943.
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