The Penal Settlement of Andamans is intimately connected with our country's struggle for freedom. This is a history of the penal settlement in Andamans. During the freedom struggle the alien Government transported many of the revolutionaires to Andamans where they spent many years in extreme misery and hardship. The author has utilised various sources, records in the National Archives, reminescences of revolutionaries and statements of ex-prisoners in writing this book.
The author is an eminent historian with many books to his credit.