Freedom Park is located in the Central Business District of the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, and designed Nisha Mathew Ghosh and Soumitro Ghosh of Mathew and Ghosh Architects. It was formerly the Central Jail. It was opened to the public in November 2008. A part of it has been allotted for protests. When a state of emergency was proclaimed in India in 1975, several opposition leaders including Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani were arrested and jailed at this venue.