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'''Birsa Munda Central Jail''' is a prison located in [[Ranchi]], Jharkhand.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Report on the visit of Dr Vinod Aggarwal, Special Rapporteur ,Central Zone-1,NHRC to Birsa Munda Central Jail, Hotwar, Ranchi, Jharkhand. |url=https://nhrc.nic.in/assets/uploads/minute_of_meeting/1751365951_bf7e496b8dd052fa6ea0.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-10-10 |title=Two officials of Birsa Munda Central Jail suspended for negligence in work |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/two-officials-of-birsa-munda-central-jail-suspended-for-negligence-in-work/articleshow/124461988.cms |access-date=2026-04-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
It was established in 1899. The British colonial authorities used the prison to detain tribal revolutionaries.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | title=Prison that housed Birsa Munda is now Ranchi's cultural centre | work=The Times of India | date=15 August 2024 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/112536662.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst }}</ref> Tribal leader [[Birsa Munda]] was jailed here in his last days. In 2005, the jail was shifted to the outskirts, to a new premises in Hotwar in 2005.<br />
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In 2015, Rs.10 crore was spent on the old brick and mortar structure and it was converted into a museum which was inaugurated by prime minister [[Narendra Modi|Narender Modi]] on 15 November 2021, Munda's birth anniversary. The museum, which has 22 life size statues of tribal leaders, is maintained by Jharkhand Urban Infrastructure Development Company (JUIDCO).<ref name=":0" /> The restoration work was assigned to, and completed by, the Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development (ITRHD).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development (ITRHD) |url=https://www.itrhd.com/projects1.asp?catid=1&subcatid=11 |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=www.itrhd.com}}</ref><br />
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In 2021, over 1000 inmates contracted Corona virus and the jail undertook mass vaccination of inmates and staff.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 May 2021 |title=Birsa Munda Central Jail conducts mass vaccination of prisoners and staff |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/birsa-munda-central-jail-conducts-mass-vaccination-of-prisoners-and-staff/cid/1814985 |access-date=22 April 2026 |website=The Telegraph}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of prisons in India]]<br />
* [[Prisons in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Prisons in Jharkhand]]<br />
[[Category:1899 establishments in India]]</div>Zuko