It played an important role in the Indian freedom movement, as it played host to a number of under-trial freedom fighters like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Savarkar and Agarkar.
[clarification needed] Originally located within the Dongri fort ramparts, building of a separate jail was first suggested by Aungler in 1671.
For instance, in March 1701, the Provost Marshal John Hall was confined to the Dongri jail for being drunk.
[2] As time progressed, especially towards the end of the nineteenth and beginning of twentieth centuries, its inmates mostly consisted of Indians, especially those charged with sedition (usually freedom fighters) or people awaiting trial.
[3] It now functions as a juvenile delinquents home for children who are below 18 years of age, convicted of crimes.