The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India consisting of 571 islands,of which 37 are inhabited,at the junction of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The territory is about 150 km (93 mi) north of Aceh in Indonesia and separated from Thailand and Myanmar by the Andaman Sea. It comprises two island groups,the Andaman Islands (partly) and the Nicobar Islands,separated by the 150 km wide Ten Degree Channel,with the Andaman islands to the north of this latitude,and the Nicobar islands to the south. The Andaman Sea lies to the east and the Bay of Bengal to the west. The island chains are thought to be a submerged extension of the Arakan Mountains.
Port Blair 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 is the territory's only notified town.
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.
Major General Arcot Doraiswamy Loganadan was an officer of the Indian National Army,and a minister in the Azad Hind Government as a representative of the Indian National Army. He also served briefly as their Governor for the Andaman Islands and Burma.
The Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) is the only tri-service theater 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.
Sainik School Rewa is one of the 33 Sainik Schools of India. It is a purely residential school. The medium of instruction is English. Established by Government of India on 20 July 1962 at the sprawling estate known as Yuvraj Bhawan which belonged to Maharaja Martand Singh Judeo,Yuvraj of former Princely state of Rewa,the school prepares boys to join the indian armed forces. The school has contributed about 950 officers. It is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education and is a member of Indian Public Schools Conference (IPSC).
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,VSM,NM 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.
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.
Andaman and Nicobar Territorial Congress Committee (ANTCC) is the wing of Indian National Congress in the parts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Kuldeep Rai Sharma is the present president of Andaman &Nicobar Territorial Congress Committee.
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.
