In August 2021, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that Jorhat central jail would be preserved as a heritage site. Who among the following was/were imprisoned in this jail?

The correct answer is Fakaruddin Ali Ahmed, Gopinath Bordoloi, and Kamakhya Tripathi. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on 19 August 2021 announced that Jorhat central jail would be preserved as a heritage site. The government will develop a heritage site in 100 bighas of jail land . During the freedom struggle, prominent freedom fighters such as former President Fakaruddin Ali Ahmed, Gopinath Bordoloi (first Chief Minister of Assam), and Kamakhya Tripathi were imprisoned in this jail. Freedom fighters Beja Bauri and Kamala Miri breathed their last inside this jail.​ Before that Maniram Dutta Baruah , popularly known as Maniram Dewan, a pioneer in tea cultivation in Assam was hung at Jorhat jail for conspiring against the British in 1858. The Jorhat Central Jail, formerly known as Jorhat District Jail was constructed during the British rule in India in 1909 and was opened in 1911 . It has a total capacity to house 670 prisoners, including 24 women.