TOP ATTRACTIONS IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS INDIA
AN INTRODUCTION OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS Andaman and Nicobar Islands are the part of Indian Subcontinent and is the Indian Union Territory. Its capital is Port Blair. Andaman Islands are in the Bay of Bengal and Nicobar Islands are in the Eastern Indian Ocean. Andaman Islands are total 572, out of which only a few are inhabited. Andaman and Nicobar Islands are famous for palm trees, mangroves and white sand beaches. Nicobar Islands are located in the Eastern Indian Ocean 150 km. away from Sumatra and is separated from Thailand by the Andaman Sea. In 1789 the British established their colony in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and abandoned it later in 1796 it resumed its control over it again in the 19 th century. British used Andaman and Nicobar Islands as a Penal Colony which was named as ‘Kalapani’ which means Black Water, the Cellular Jail. The history of Andaman and Nicobar Islands proves that criminals convicted of crime against the East India Company were sent here for