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{{short description|Prison in Punjab, Pakistan}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox prison
| prison_name = Central Jail Mianwali
| image =
| location = [[Mianwali]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| coordinates =
| status = Operational
| classification = Maximum security
| capacity =
| population = 1783<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punjabprisons.gov.pk/ |title=Inspector General of Punjab Prisons (Pakistan)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326071006/http://www.punjabprisons.gov.pk/ |archive-date=26 March 2010|access-date=15 May 2022|website=Punjab Prisons (Pakistan) website}}</ref>
| populationdate = 3 February 2010
| opened = 1904
| closed =
| managed_by = [[Government of Punjab, Pakistan|Government of Punjab]], [[Home Department (Punjab, Pakistan)|Home Department]]
| director = Rasool Bukhsh Kulachi,
Superintendent Jail
| prisoners = [[Ilm-ud-din]], [[Bhagat Singh|Shaheed Bhagat Singh]] and [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
}}

'''Central Jail Mianwali''' is an old and historical jail in [[Mianwali]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]] located on [[Rawalpindi]] road nearly 8 kilometers away from [[Mianwali]] city. It is noted for housing a number of prominent prisoners, the most notable of these being [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|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]]s used to work. Jail had a staff of 40 warders in 1911. [[Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed|Ilmuddin]] was executed in this jail on 31 October 1929 during the [[British Rule]]. The condemned prisoners' cell in which he was confined during last night of his life (between 30 and 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 of Jail|Superintendent]]. 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]]'s hunger strike in 1929 in Mianwali Jail lasted 112 days, one of the world's longest hunger strikes at that time.<ref>(Abhishek Bansal) [https://inshorts.com/en/news/bhagat-singhs-hunger-strike-in-jail-lasted-112-days-1471181770853 Bhagat Singh's hunger strike in jail lasted 112 days] Google (inshorts) website, Published 14 August 2016, Retrieved 15 May 2022</ref><ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-school/from-the-archives-of-hindustan-times-july-10-2019/story-uoKrCSUEQGKq1yj0gxn2xK.html Bhagat Singh's Hunger Strike (in 1929)] The Hindustan Times (newspaper), Published 10 July 2019, Retrieved 15 May 2022</ref>

After a [[Operation Searchlight|brutal crackdown]] initiated by president [[Yahya Khan]], the founding president of Bangladesh, [[Arrest of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was arrested]] without charge and flown to [[West Pakistan]] where he was incarcerated in solitary confinement at the Central Jail Mianwali throughout the duration of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. A [[Military Courts (Pakistan)|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 [[Pakistani Instrument of Surrender|surrender of Pakistani forces to joint Bangladeshi and Indian forces]] in January under the orders of the next Pakistani president [[Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]] following immense international pressure.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Badrul Ahsan |first=Syed |author-link=Syed Badrul Ahsan |date=2018-08-15 |title=Pakistani jailer remembers incarcerated Bangabandhu |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune (newspaper) |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2018/08/15/pakistani-jailer-remembers-incarcerated-bangabandhu |access-date=2022-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/bangabandhu-mianwali-jail-217729|title=Bangabandhu in Mianwali Jail|date=2021-03-17|access-date=2022-05-15|newspaper=The Business Standard (newspaper)|last=Samad|first=Saleem}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Government of Punjab, Pakistan]]
* [[Punjab Prisons (Pakistan)]]
* [[Central Jail Lahore]]
* [[Central Jail Faisalabad]]
* [[Headquarter Jail]]
* [[Central Jail Rawalpindi]]
* [[District Jail Rawalpindi]]
* [[National Academy for Prisons Administration]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{Prisons in Pakistan}}

[[Category:1904 establishments in British India]]
[[Category:Prisons in Pakistan]]

Central Jail Mianwali - Revision history

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