| Since pre-historic times,
these islands have been the home of aboriginal tribes.
But the first settlement by the British took place in
1789, which was later abandoned in 1796. The second
settlement was basically a penal settlement, taken up
in 1858, the year after the First War of Indian Independence,
followed by the settlement of convicts, some criminal
tribes from Central and United Provinces, refugees from
erstwhile East Pakistan and Sri Lanka as well as ex-servicemen.
A clear history of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands
can be had only from a British Survey of these islands
conducted in 1777. The Andaman & Nicobar Islands
remained the abode of the Negritos and the Mongoloids
respectively, who occupied the Islands for centuries.
These islands remained secluded from the mainland till
the end of the 18th Century when people from the outside
world first arrived. The history of these islands could
be divided into four broad periods the period of seclusion
and piratical disturbances.
a) The British regime - a period of foreign intrusion
and settlement
b) The Japanese regime
c) The Post-Independence period.
In the Second Century, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
were located in the maps prepared by the great Greek
astronomer, mathematician and geographer, Claudius Ptolemaeus,
which possibly is the earliest reference to these islands.
The early history of Nicobar is not well known although
these islands were familiar to traders in ancient times,
the islands being situated close to the trade route
to the Far East. Though little is known about Portuguese
activities in these islands, it is evident that the
Portuguese missionaries started preaching Christianity
among the islanders. The Nicobarese language also reflects
a few Portuguese words.
Island
Jolly Buoy – Cinque Island – Red Skin Isalnd
– Havelock Island – Barren Island –
Ross Island
Viper Island – Chatham Island.
Beaches
Corbyn’s Cove Tourism Complex – Radhnagar
Beach – Harminder Bay Beach – Karmatang
Beach Ramnagar Beach.
Monuments
Cellular Jail – Ross Island – Viper Island.
Museum
National Memorial – Anthropological Museum –
Fisheries Museum – Forest Museum.
Samudrika (NAVAL Marine Museum) – Zoological Survae
of India Museum.
Picnic Spot
Chidiya Tapu – Mount Harriet – Zcorbyn’s
Cove Tourist Complex.
Places of Interest in Andamans
Neil Island – Long Island – Rangat –
Mayabunder – Diglipur – Little Andaman Island.
Places of Interest in Nicobar
Car Nicobar – Katchal – Great Nicobar.
Places of Interest in Port Blair
Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park – Gandhi
Park – Sippighat Farm – Chidiya Tapu
Collinpur – Madhuban – Mount Harriet –
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