Twelve Prisoners

During the Quit India Movement of 1942 many of the leaders of the national freedom struggle here kept under confinement, Out of them 12 prisoners listed below were in the Bhuikot fort of Ahmadnagar (which is more famous as a Jail ) for for 32 to 34 months from August,1942 to April,1945. I call them The Pillors Of Freedom.

01.        Acharya Narendra Deo

02.        Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

03.        Acharya Kripalani

04.        Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

05.        Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

06.        Barrister Asaf Ali

07.        Shri P. C. Ghosh

08.        Dr. Hare Krishna Mehtab

09.        Shri Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant

10.        Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

11.        Dr. Sayyad Mahmud

12.        Acharya Shankar Rav Deo