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'''Agra Central Jail''' began construction in 1849, under the supervision of William Woodcock, of the [[Bengal Civil Service]].<ref name=Dikötter2007>{{cite book |last1=Arnold |first1=David |editor1-last=Dikötter |editor1-first=Frank |editor2-last=Brown |editor2-first=Ian |title=Cultures of Confinement: A History of the Prison in Africa, Asia, and Latin America |date=2007 |publisher=Cornell University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8014-4630-6 |pages=147-184 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56FhDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA159 |language=en |chapter=5. India: The Contested Prison}}</ref> [[John W. Tyler]] took over as its superintendent in 1876.<ref name=obit>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2299171/pdf/brmedj07283-0054b.pdf "Sir John William Tyler"], ''[[The British Medical Journal]]'', Vol. 1, 17 May 1913, p. 1088.</ref><ref name=Gay1878>{{cite book |last1=Gay |first1=J. Drew |title=The Prince of Wales in India: Or, From Pall Mall to the Punjaub |date=1878 |publisher=Craig and Taylor |location=Detroit |pages=301-302 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lf-Z35S9XWsC&pg=PA301 |language=en |chapter=30. Native courts and prisons}}</ref> In the late 19th century the prison became a major exporter of carpets.<ref name=Yang2023>{{cite journal |last1=Yang |first1=Anand A. |title=The prison-handicraft complex: Convict labour in colonial India |journal=Modern Asian Studies |date=May 2023 |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=808–834 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X22000324 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/prisonhandicraft-complex-convict-labour-in-colonial-india/4C93614A83C10BE2104A4E8554E46CD3 |language=en |issn=0026-749X|doi-access=free }}</ref> [[Abdul Karim (the Munshi)|Abdul Karim]] was assistant clerk there before travelling to London to attend the [[Colonial and Indian Exhibition]].<ref name=Basu2011>{{cite book |last1=Basu |first1=Shrabani |title=Victoria and Abdul: The Extraordinary True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant |date=2011 |publisher=History Press |isbn=978-0-7524-6366-7 |page=25 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Bs7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25|chapter=1. Agra|language=en}}</ref> Sir [[Horace Williamson]] was based there in the early 20th century.<ref name=Noonans2014>{{cite web |date=2014 |title=Lot 218, 25 March 2014 {{!}} Noonans Mayfair |url=https://www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/archive/lot-archive/results/244049/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251006071823/https://www.noonans.co.uk/archive/lot-archive/results/244049/ |archive-date=6 October 2025 |access-date=30 September 2025 |website=www.noonans.co.uk}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Qureshi |first=Siraj |date=2022-09-08 |title=29 jail inmates from Agra Central prison clear Board exams after being inspired by 'Dasvi' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/agra/story/up-jail-inmates-clear-board-exams-after-being-inspired-by-dasvi-agra-central-prison-1997698-2022-09-07 |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>{{India-stub}}

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Agra Central Jail - Revision history

Zuko at 10:04, 19 March 2026