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The Meaning of the Cellular Jail in Post-Independence India
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2019
Abstract
In April 2014, the Cellular Jail, Andaman Islands, was submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tentative List for India. The image of the colonial jail, depicted on coins, stamps, and first day covers, symbolizes both the suffering and heroic struggle of India's freedom fighters. Considering how international, national, and local state forces have attempted to ‘freeze’ the meaning of the Cellular Jail, this article questions what has been excluded or obscured from collective memory. Furthermore, it explores the relationship between contending political wills and the symbol of the Cellular Jail through a particular focus on recent struggles between Hindu and secular nationalists over its appropriation. By considering the production of the symbol of the Cellular Jail, this article challenges the narratives at the heart of modern nation-building and demonstrates their intrinsic instability.
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This article was originally written as an undergraduate dissertation while at the University of Warwick in 2014–2015. I am very grateful to Sarah Hodges, Rashida Iqbal, Philipp Zehmisch, and Santhi Kavuri-Bauer for their advice on my research.
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