Central Jail Mianwali is an old and historical jail in
Mianwali
Mianwali (Punjabi/ ur, ) is the capital city of Mianwali District in Punjab, Pakistan. The 81st largest city of Pakistan, it is known for its diverse population of, Punjabi and Pashtun ethnicities.
History
Mianwali District was an agricult ...
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Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...
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Pakistan
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located on
Rawalpindi road nearly 8 kilometers away from
Mianwali
Mianwali (Punjabi/ ur, ) is the capital city of Mianwali District in Punjab, Pakistan. The 81st largest city of Pakistan, it is known for its diverse population of, Punjabi and Pashtun ethnicities.
History
Mianwali District was an agricult ...
city. It is noted for housing a number of prominent prisoners, the most notable of these being
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during the
Bangladesh Liberation War.
History
Mianwali Jail was constructed in 1904 with 293 prisoners in the Jail and was elevated as District jail in 1913. The inmates' population in 1913 was 228. Inside jail hospital crude death rate in 1911 was 6.49%. Major portion of the jail consists of muddy barracks and cell-blocks plastered with clay. In 1911, 364 prisoners remained admitted in the jail hospital, in 1912, 357 prisoners and in 1913, 516 prisoners. Prisoners in the jail were made to work and a variety of things were made by them which were put up for sale in the market. Profit earned in 1911 was Rs.1863, in 1912, Rs. 1229 and in 1913, Rs.1314. Nomenclature of the officer-in-charge of the jail during 1911-1913 was
Superintendent of Jail under whom one jailer now referred to as
Deputy Superintendent and two assistant jailors now referred to as
Assistant Superintendent
Assistant superintendent, or assistant superintendent of police (ASP), is a rank that was used by police forces in the British Empire and is still used in many police forces in the Commonwealth. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held b ...
s used to work. Jail had a staff of 40 warders in 1911.
Ilmuddin was executed in this jail on 31 October 1929 during the
British Rule
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. The condemned prisoners' cell in which he was confined during last night of his life (between 30–31 October 1929) is still intact. District Jail Mianwali was elevated as Central Jail in May 1960 and Jahangir Khan Hotyana was appointed as its first
Superintendent
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*Superintendent (police), Superintendent of Police (SP), or Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), a police rank
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. School for non-formal education of adults, hospital, mosque and library facilities are available in the present day Central Jail Mianwali.
Famous freedom fighter
Bhagat Singh
Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary*
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's hunger strike in 1929 in Mianwali Jail lasted 112 days, one of the world's longest hunger strikes at that time.
After a
brutal crackdown initiated by dictator
Yahya Khan
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, the
Founder of Bangladesh
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Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was arrested without charge and flown to
West Pakistan
West Pakistan ( ur, , translit=Mag̱ẖribī Pākistān, ; bn, পশ্চিম পাকিস্তান, translit=Pôścim Pakistan) was one of the two Provincial exclaves created during the One Unit Scheme in 1955 in Pakistan. It was ...
where he was incarcerated in solitary confinement at the Central Jail Mianwali throughout the duration of the
Bangladesh Liberation War. A military tribunal sentenced Sheikh Mujib to the penalty of death. A noose was subsequently prepared and a grave was dug by Indian prisoners imprisoned for spying. Sheikh Mujib's execution was deferred on three occasions. Bangabandhu was finally released after the
surrender of Pakistani forces to joint Bangladeshi and Indian forces in January under the orders of
Zulfiqar Bhutto following immense international pressure.
See also
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Government of Punjab, Pakistan
The Government of the Punjab ( ur, ), is the provincial government of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is based in Lahore, the provincial capital. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the Constitution, in which 41 dis ...
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Punjab Prisons (Pakistan)
The Punjab Prisons is a correctional organization, a uniformed service and an attached department of the provincial Home Department in Punjab, Pakistan. The organization works under administrative control of the Additional Chief Secretary Home ...
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Central Jail Lahore
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Central Jail Faisalabad
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Headquarter Jail
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Central Jail Rawalpindi
Central Jail Rawalpindi (also known as Adiala Jail) is a prominent prison in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
History
The Central Jail Rawalpindi was built from the late 1970s and early 1980s during the military regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, aft ...
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District Jail Rawalpindi
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National Academy for Prisons Administration National Academy for Prisons Administration (NAPA) formerly known as Central Jail Staff Training Institute (CJSTI) ( ur, ) is a Federal Government's training institute for prison staff of all four provinces of Pakistan. It operates under Ministry o ...
References
External links
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