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The name Lakshadweep is derived from Lakṣadvīpa meaning "one hundred thousand islands," presumably from Sanskrit or Malayalam. [6] Laccadive seems to be the result of the Anglicization of the given name during the British Raj. [7] Amindivi derives its name from the Amindivi people, who were the earliest inhabitants of the Amini Island. [8]
The second element of the name is for the Lakshadweep Islands, among the islands of Lakshadweep. The islands of Chagos, Maldives and Lakshadweep are the above-water parts of the Chagos–Lakshadweep Ridge. The Lakshadweep Ridge, the northern part of the CLR, parallels the Indian west coast (8°N–16°N) and has an average width of 270 km (170 mi).
The islands of Agatti, Androth, Kavaratti and Kalpeni are inhabited. Islam is the main religion of the islanders. [6] The Laccadive Islands subgroup consists mostly of atolls with islands, as well as part of one submerged bank. The Amindivi and the Laccadive subgroups have a submarine connection between them through Pitti Bank, a largely sunken ...
Due to Bangladesh's geography and the plethora of rivers, namely the Ganges, Meghna and Padma rivers, and their constant shifting, archeological evidence regarding the ancient history of Bangladesh has been scarce. Due to this, many historians have been more partial to prioritising other, well documented or recent areas of the history of ...
The Laccadive Sea (/ ˈ l ɑː k ə d iː v, ˈ l æ k ə-/ LAH-kə-deev, LAK-ə-), also known as the Lakshadweep Sea, is a body of water bordering India (including its Lakshadweep islands), the Maldives, and Sri Lanka. It is located to the southwest of Karnataka, to the west of Kerala and to the south of Tamil Nadu.
Category: History of Lakshadweep. ... Battle of Minicoy Island; S. Scramble for Laccadives This page was last edited on 22 March 2023, at 13:20 (UTC). ...
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The Maldives–Lakshadweep–Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in South Asia.It spans a chain of coralline islands in the Indian Ocean, including Lakshadweep (Laccadive Islands), a union territory of India; the Maldives, an independent country; and the British Indian Ocean Territory, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.