Assam Govt to Preserve Historic Jorhat Central Jail as Heritage Site

GUWAHATI: Assam Government will preserve the Jorhat Central Jail as a heritage site as a mark of tribute to the freedom fighters during the celebration of the 75th year of Independence.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited historic Jorhat Central Jail and interacted with the jail authority as well as a few of the jail inmates and took stock of their grievances.

"The state government will 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," he said in an official statement.

During the freedom struggle, prominent freedom fighters including former President Fakaruddin Ali Ahmed, former Chief Ministers Gopinath Bordoloi and Bimala Prasad Chaliha, Amiyo Kumar Das, Bijoy Bhagawati, and Kamakhya Tripathi were imprisoned in this jail.

Freedom fighters Beja Bauri and Kamala Miri breathed their last inside this jail. While martyr Kushal Konwar was hanged inside Jorhat jail on June 15, 1943.

Before that Maniram Dutta Baruah, popularly known as Maniram Dewan, a pioneer in tea cultivation in Assam was hung at Jorhat jail for conspiring against the British in 1858.

Sarma interacted with jail authority as well as a few of the jail inmates and took stock of their grievances.

He also inspected the site inside the jail where freedom fighter Kushal Konwar was hanged and the cell where freedom fighter and social reformer Pitambar Dev Goswami was imprisoned.

''The Chief Minister during the visit offered his tributes to these legendary freedom fighters,'' the release stated.

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