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Raj Niwas (translation: Government Abode) is the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is located in the capital city of Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The present lieutenant governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi (Retd.), PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.)
The islands form a part of the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and is administered by a Lieutenant Governor on behalf of the Government of India. [71] The union territory was established in 1956 with a chief commissioner as the head of the administration. [ 72 ]
Most of the islands are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory of India, while the Coco Islands and Preparis Island are part of the Yangon Region of Myanmar. The Andaman Islands are home to the Andamanese, a group of indigenous people made up of a number of tribes, including the Jarawa and Sentinelese. [1]
The Cellular Jail, also known as 'Kālā Pānī' (transl. 'Black Water'), was a British colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.The prison was used by the colonial government of India for the purpose of exiling criminals and political prisoners.
Districts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Districts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Category Districts Location Andaman and Nicobar Islands Number 3 districts Populations Nicobar – 36,819 (lowest); South Andaman – 237,586 (highest) Areas Nicobar – 1,841 km 2 (711 sq mi) (smallest); North and Middle Andaman –3,227 km 2 (1,246 sq mi) (largest) Government Government of India Subdivisions ...
Following Indian independence, the Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands was the nominal head of the territory, appointed by the President of India. Inamul Majid, February 1946 – 1949, subordinate to the Governor to 15 August 1947; Ajoy Kumar Ghosh, 1949–1953; Sankar Nath Maitra, 1953–1956; C. Ramachandran, 1956
Nicobar district is one of three districts in the Indian union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The district's administrative territory encompasses all of the Nicobar Islands , which are located in the Indian Ocean , between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea .
Veer Savarkar International Airport (IATA: IXZ, ICAO: VOPB) is an airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Port Blair and the primary airport serving the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. [4] Earlier known as Port Blair Airport, it was renamed in 2002 after Vinayak Damodar Savarkar , who had been detained in the Cellular Jail in the city for ...