Birsa Munda Central Jail is a prison located in Ranchi, Jharkhand. [1]
It was established in 1899. Britishers used the prison to lock up tribal revolutionaries. [2] 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. 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 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). [2]