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Port Blair is the entry point for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is connected with mainland India by both air and sea. It is a two to three-hour flight from mainland India to Port Blair's Veer Savarkar International Airport and three to four days by sea to reach Kolkata , Chennai , or Visakhapatnam from Haddo Wharf in the city.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. People of Andaman archipelago For other uses, see Andamanese (disambiguation). Ethnic group Andamanese Group of Andamanese in c. 1903 or earlier Total population 548 (2010–11) Regions with significant populations India Andaman Islands Languages Great Andamanese languages Ongan languages ...
Territories of the Great Andamanese tribes, languages, and dialects and other Andamanese peoples at the time of British contact. In 1789, when the British established a colonial presence on Great Andaman, the Great Andamanese were divided into 10 main tribes with each having a distinct language, each counting between 200 and 700 individuals. [8]
The Telegram was sold to Thomson Newspapers in 1964. At that time, the new owners announced that its offices would soon move to the former A&P grocery store at 133 North Winter Street. [10] Publication of the Adrian Daily Telegram was disrupted in late 1972 because of a strike. [11] No paper was published from October 10 to October 23.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 572 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands , separated by a 150 km (93 mi) wide channel .
On 26 December 2004, the coasts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were devastated by a 10 m (33 ft) massive tsunami following the undersea earthquake off Indian Ocean. More than 2,000 people lost their lives, more than 4,000 children were orphaned or suffered the loss of one parent, and a minimum of 40,000 people were rendered homeless.
Viper Island is a serene beautiful tourist destination situated near Sri Vijaya Puram's harbour, and can be approached in 20 minutes from the Phoenix Bay jetty. The Harbor Cruise, available daily from the jetty, provides an overall view of different points of the harbor and a trip to this haunted Viper Island.
The Andamanese languages are the various languages spoken by the indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. There are two known Andamanese language families, Great Andamanese and Ongan, as well as two presumed but unattested languages, Sentinelese and Jangil.