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Port Blair (pronunciation ⓘ), officially named as Sri Vijaya Puram, [4] is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India in the Bay of Bengal. It is also the local administrative sub-division ( tehsil ) of the islands, the headquarters for the district of South Andaman , and the territory's only notified town.
Hindi, English Port Blair Islands are a group of islands situated in the sound of the capital Port Blair of the Andaman Islands . They belong to the South Andaman administrative district , part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands .
Indira Point, the southernmost point of India, is located at 6°45'10″N and 93°49'36″E at the southern tip of Great Nicobar. [40] The capital and largest city is Port Blair (officially Sri Vijaya Puram [41]), located 1,190 km (740 mi) from Chennai and 1,255 km (780 mi) from Kolkata on the Indian mainland. [31]
Veer Savarkar International Airport (IATA: IXZ, ICAO: VOPB) is an airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Port Blair and the primary airport serving the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. [4] Earlier known as Port Blair Airport, it was renamed in 2002 after Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who had been detained in the Cellular Jail in the city for ...
From 2010 to 2017, it held the status of a Major Port. On 1 June 2010, the Government of India notified Port Blair Port as India's 13th Major Port and constituted the Port Blair Port Trust, with provisions of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963.
India portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Port Blair . Port Blair — a city in the South Andaman district , and the territorial capital of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Andaman Sea .
Samudrika Naval Marine Museum is a museum situated near the Andaman Teal House at Port Blair in India, designed to create awareness on various aspects of the oceanic environment. [2] The museum is maintained by the Indian Navy. [3]
Port Blair tehsil, now known as Sri Vijaya Puram [1] is one of 5 local administrative divisions of the Indian district of South Andaman, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [2] It is a division known locally as a tehsil, roughly equivalent to a county in its range of administrative powers.