Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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archipelago union territory of India

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a remote Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, known for their strategic location, indigenous tribes, and role as a former colonial penal settlement.

Aliases (9)

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago → union territory of India →
administrativeHead	Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands →
borderedByWaterBody	Andaman Sea →
capital	Port Blair →
climate	tropical →
colonialPower	British Empire →
country	India →
economySector	agriculture → fishing → tourism →
governedAs	union territory directly administered by the central government of India →
hasAdministrativeCenter	Port Blair →
hasAirport	Veer Savarkar International Airport →
hasIndigenousPeople	Great Andamanese → Jarawa → Nicobarese people → Onge → Sentinelese → Shompen →
hasMajorIsland	Car Nicobar → Great Nicobar Island → Little Andaman Island → Middle Andaman Island → North Andaman Island → South Andaman Island →
hasMilitaryCommand	Andaman and Nicobar Command → India’s only tri-service command →
hasPort	Port Blair Port →
hasProtectedArea	Campbell Bay National Park → Galathea National Park → Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park → Ritchie’s Archipelago →
hasRegion	Andaman Islands → Nicobar Islands →
historicalSite	Cellular Jail →
knownFor	former colonial penal settlement → indigenous tribes → strategic location in the Bay of Bengal →
largestCity	Port Blair →
locatedIn	Bay of Bengal → Indian Ocean →
officialLanguage	English → Hindi →
partOf	Indian maritime security architecture → Republic of India →
spokenLanguage	Bengali → Malayalam → Nicobarese → Tamil → Telugu → various Andamanese languages →
strategicRole	monitoring sea lanes of communication in the eastern Indian Ocean →
timeZone	Indian Standard Time →
usedAs	British penal colony →
utcOffset	+05:30 →

Referenced by (126)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Andaman and Nicobar Command → Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department → Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department ("Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Andaman district → Black Water → Brichgunj military station → Campbell Bay → Campbell Bay National Park → Car Nicobar → Cari language ("Andaman and Nicobar Islands (union territory)") → Cellular Jail → Chatham Saw Mill → Chidiya Tapu → Corbyn’s Cove Beach → Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Port Blair → Galathea National Park → Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve → INS Baaz → IXZ → Jarawa → Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya → Kala Pani → Khora ("Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Little Andaman Island → Little Nicobar → Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park → Middle Andaman Island → Nicobar district ("Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory") → North Andaman Island → North and Middle Andaman district → North and Middle Andaman district ("Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Pluto Island → Port Blair → Port Blair → Raj Niwas, Port Blair → Red Skin Island → Ritchie’s Archipelago ("Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory") → Samudrika Naval Marine Museum → Sentinelese → Shompen → Veer Savarkar International Airport → Viper Island →	locatedIn
Andaman Islands → Andaman district → Campbell Bay National Park ("Andaman and Nicobar archipelago") → Great Andamanese → Great Andamanese ("Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve ("Andaman and Nicobar archipelago") → Great Nicobar Island → Nicobar Islands → Nicobar Islands ("Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory") → Nicobar district → North Sentinel Island → Onge → Ritchie’s Archipelago → South Andaman Island →	partOf
Campbell Bay → Galathea National Park ("Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Khora → Nicobar district ("union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Pluto Island ("Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Pucikwar ("Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory") → VOPB →	countrySubdivision
Brichgunj military station ("Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory") → Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve ("Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Great Nicobar Island ("Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory") → INS Utkrosh → Port Blair Airport → Raj Niwas, Port Blair → Veer Savarkar International Airport →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Chatham Saw Mill → Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Port Blair ("Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Galathea National Park ("Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Nancowry → Nicobarese languages → Sentinelese language →	region
Campbell Bay ("Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Chidiya Tapu ("Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → North Andaman Island ("Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → North Sentinel Island ("Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory") → Viper Island ("Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory") →	administrativeTerritory
Andaman Islands ("Andaman and Nicobar Islands (union territory)") → Car Nicobar ("Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Middle Andaman Island ("Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") →	administeredBy
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department → Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ("Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") → Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands →	jurisdiction
Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands →	appliesToJurisdiction
Andaman Sea → Bay of Bengal →	borderedBy
Andaman and Nicobar Islands ("Andaman Islands") → Andaman and Nicobar Islands ("Nicobar Islands") →	hasRegion
Port Blair Airport → Veer Savarkar International Airport →	serves
Andaman Hindi → Jeru →	spokenIn
Azad Hind Government →	administeredTerritory
North and Middle Andaman district →	administrativeDivisionOf
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes) Regulation →	appliesTo
Pucikwar →	associatedWith
Port Blair →	capitalOf
Article 239 of the Constitution of India →	exampleJurisdiction
South Andaman Island ("union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") →	governedAs
Shompen ("Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") →	governedBy
Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands →	governs
Raj Niwas, Port Blair →	hasJurisdiction
Indian Ocean ("Andaman Islands") →	hasMajorIsland
Union territories of India →	hasPart
British India →	includedTerritory
South India →	includes
Eastern India →	includesUnionTerritory
Union territories of India →	includesUnionTerritoryWithoutLegislature
Nicobar megapode →	islandGroup
Red Skin Island ("Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands") →	isWithin
Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritory
Andaman district →	locatedInUnionTerritory
VOPB →	locationUnionTerritory
Ullaskar Dutta →	placeOfImprisonment
INS Utkrosh →	regionServed
VOPB →	servesRegion
Corbyn’s Cove Beach →	stateOrUnionTerritory
Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya →	stateOrUT
ANC →	theater
Bengali script →	usedIn