Preserving dark secrets
The lesser known Dagshai Jail Museum is about rediscovering important pieces of history connected with the Indian Independence movement and before.
by Sukant Deepak
Nov 10, 2017
2 minutes
There are 54 cells in this jail. Abandoned and heavy with silence. They carry the stories of those who once held the bars. Dagshai Jail, about a two hour drive from Chandigarh, which has now been converted into a museum, was where Mahatma Gandhi was housed for a day. His assassin, Nathuram Godse, was also kept here.
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