The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 836 islands,of which only 31 are inhabited. These 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,is located approximately 1,190 km (740 mi) from Chennai and 1,255 km (780 mi) from Kolkata in mainland India. The islands are situated between the Bay of Bengal to the west and the Andaman Sea to the east. The northernmost point is 901 km (560 mi) from the mouth of the Hooghly River. Indira Point,located at 6°45’10″N and 93°49’36″E on the southern tip of Great Nicobar,is the southernmost point of India.
Port Blair,officially known as Sri Vijaya Puram,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.
Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh Dyal,PVSM,MVC was an Indian Army general and an administrator. As a soldier,Ranjit Singh led the capture of the Haji Pir pass by the Indian army during the 1965 war with Pakistan. He also drew up the plans for Operation Blue Star,and served as the General-Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Command. Later,he served as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Lt. Gen. Bhopinder Singh is the former Lieutenant Governor of The Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Pondicherry and an Indian Army officer who has been awarded the PVSM. He was the former military secretary to president K. R. Narayanan and to President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. He was the former military,naval and air attachéfor East and Southern Africa headquartered at Addis Ababa.
The Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) is a integrated tri-services command of the Indian Armed Forces,based at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,a Union Territory of India. It was created in 2001 to safeguard India's strategic interests in Southeast Asia and the Strait of Malacca by increasing rapid deployment of military assets in the region. It provides logistical and administrative support to naval ships which are sent on deployment to East Asia and the Pacific Ocean.
Prof. Jagdish Mukhi is an Indian politician who served as the 28th Governor of Assam from 2017 to 2023 and the Governor of Nagaland from 2021 to 2023 and the Governor of Mizoram on 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Mukhi served as the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands from 2016 to 2017,Minister of Finance,Planning,Excise and Taxation and Higher Education,Government of Delhi in the Swaraj ministry from 1998 to 1998 representing Janakpuri Assembly constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 2015.
Ishwari Prasad Gupta was a 1958 batch IAS. He had been the Joint Secretary to the Government of India,Ministry of Home Affairs,Chief Secretary to the Government of Tripura and Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
INS Baaz is an Indian naval air station under the joint-services Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) of the Indian Armed Forces. It is located near Campbell Bay,on Great Nicobar island in the Andaman &Nicobar Islands. It is the southernmost air station of the Indian Armed Forces. It overlooks the Strait of Malacca as well as the Six Degree channel between Great Nicobar and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi,PVSM,AVSM,YSM,NM,VSM is the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Vice Chairman of Islands Development Agency (IDA). He was an Admiral in the Indian Navy and served as the 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy,having assumed office on 31 August 2012. He is a specialist in anti-submarine warfare. He resigned on 26 February 2014,taking responsibility for a series of accidents,thus becoming the first Indian Navy Chief to resign.
Mahatma Gandhi Government College,Mayabunder is the only college in Mayabunder,Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. It was set up in 1990 at Car Nicobar as Government College which was shifted to Mayabunder in 1994 and renamed as Mahatma Gandhi Government College on 5 December 1994. It offers undergraduate courses in six discipline. It now has total strength of 760 with 44 teaching staff,30 non-teaching staff and more than 50 supporting staff. It is affiliated to Pondicherry University.
Naresh Chander Lal is an Indian film director and producer. He was awarded Padma Shri for his contribution in films and theater in 2016. He is the second person to receive the Padma Shri award from Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Anil Baijal is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. He took over office on 31 December 2016 after the sudden resignation of Najeeb Jung. He resigned from the post of Lieutenant Governor and sent his resignation letter to President of India on 18 May 2022 as his term was over.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences,Port Blair is a medical school in Port Blair,India. Andaman &Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS) is a 100% Govt. funded College established by Andaman &Nicobar Medical Education and Research Society (ANIMERS) under Andaman &Nicobar Administration. The medical school is established under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for 'Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals'.
John Richardson was an Indian Anglican bishop and politician.
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya,South Andaman is a boarding,co-educational school in South Andaman district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands,a U.T. in India. JNV South Andaman is funded by the Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development and administered by Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti,an autonomous body under the ministry. Navodaya Vidyalayas offer free education to talented children,from Class VI to XII.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is an archipelago of 572 islands of which 37 are inhabited. It is a union territory of India.
Andaman Law College (ALC) is a government law school in Port Blair,India. It was established in 2016 by the Andaman &Nicobar Islands Legal Education Society (ANILES) under Andaman &Nicobar Administration,and is entirely government-funded. It is run by the ANILES with Hon'ble Lt. Governor as its president,Hon'ble Chief Secretary as its Chairman and the Law Secretary as its Vice Chairman. The institute has a moderately sized interim campus in Transport Bhawan,Phoenix Bay,Port Blair.
Manohar Lal Kampani was the first lieutenant governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He served from 12 November 1982 to 3 December 1985.
