Bhagat Singh Imprisoned in DU VC's Office Cellar: A Hidden History Revealed

• Delhi University's Vice-Chancellor's office, once the Vice-Regal Lodge, held Bhagat Singh captive for a day in its cellar.
• The colonial-era building, constructed in 1902, served as a residence and office for high-ranking British officials.
• Bhagat Singh was held in the cellar after throwing a bomb in the Central Assembly in 1929; the cellar still exists today.
• The cellar preserves a cot, a food window, and a toilet used by Bhagat Singh, along with his photographs and books.
• Lord Louis Mountbatten proposed to Edwina Mountbatten in 1922 at what is now the DU Registrar's office, then part of the Lodge.