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The history of organised European colonisation on the islands began when settlers from the Danish East India Company arrived in the Nicobar Islands on 12 December 1755. On 1 January 1756, the Nicobar Islands were made a Danish colony, first named New Denmark, [3] and later (December 1756) Frederick's Islands (Frederiksøerne).
The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a 150 km (93 mi) wide channel. The capital and largest city of the territory, Port Blair (officially Sri Vijaya Puram), is located approximately 1,190 km (740 mi) from Chennai and 1,255 km (780 mi) from Kolkata in mainland ...
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 Nicobar Islands / ˈ n ɪ k ə b ɑːr / are an archipelagic island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean.They are located in Southeast Asia, 150 kilometres (93 mi) northwest of Aceh on Sumatra, and separated from Thailand to the east by the Andaman Sea.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. People of Andaman archipelago For other uses, see Andamanese (disambiguation). Ethnic group Andamanese Group of Andamanese in c. 1903 or earlier Total population 548 (2010–11) Regions with significant populations India Andaman Islands Languages Great Andamanese languages Ongan languages ...
A modern map of the Nicobar (and Andaman) islands. The Austrian colonization of the Nicobar Islands (German: Nikobaren, renamed to the Theresia Islands [Theresia-Inseln]) involved a series of three separate attempts by the Habsburg monarchy, and later the Austrian Empire, to colonize and settle the Nicobar Islands.
Ross Island, officially named Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Dweep, [6] is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [7] The island is situated 3 km (2 mi) east from central Port Blair. The historic ruins are a tourist attraction.
History of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; 0–9. 1881 Nicobar Islands earthquake; 1941 Andaman Islands earthquake; 2014 Andaman boat disaster; A. 2009 Andaman ...