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Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are an archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, a union territory of India with its capital at Port Blair. The British established a penal colony there after 1857, later including the Cellular Jail. Japan occupied the islands from 1942 to 1945 and handed nominal authority to Subhas Chandra Bose's Azad Hind government.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/andaman-and-nicobar-islands
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