3. After 1945, the British got back the prison from the Japanese till the Indian Independence in 1947. It was then, that the famous Subhash Chandra Bose paid a visit to this jail. 1. During the time of freedom struggle, fighters like Veer Savarkar and Batukeshwar Dutt were imprisoned in the Cellular Jail. 238 prisoners who tried to escape the jail in March 1868 were caught in April of whom 87 were hanged. One of the infamous story they unearthed was of prisoner Mahavir Singh, interned in the Cellular jail during the 1930s. The Cellular Jail was operated by the British till the Japanese invasion during the 2nd World War in 1942 when the tables turned and the British were imprisoned here. 2. In 2001, Authors Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy wrote an article in the Guardian “Survivors of our hell”; they both uncovered classified official records from the Cellular jail. The Cellular jail most of the time during my stay there was just another landmark which the State Transport Bus passed by on my way home. The rebels in hundreds were sent to the island where they remained under the custody of jailer David Barry and military doctor Major James Pattison Walker. Facts About Cellular Jail. But after a good 12 years of leaving that place, the joint efforts of your mother and you allow me to rewind those days of my life. The Cellular Jail was also called Kaalapani as the entire jail was surrounded by sea, hence, prisoners could not escape it.