India’s First IIT: Why Classes Were Held Inside A Detention Camp
Last Updated:December 04, 2025, 1:36 PM IST Born in the shadows of a former jail, India’s first IIT rose as a beacon of modern learning, where the echoes of freedom fighters turned into the footsteps of future innovators In its early days, IIT Kharagpur conducted classes in the old jail barracks and administrative structures of…