Katchatheevu was not always a part of Sri Lanka. The island that lies between Neduntheevu in Sri Lanka and Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu had been controlled by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British during the Colonial era.
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Katchatheevu is a 285-acre uninhabited island in the Palk Strait, between India and Sri Lanka. It lies northeast of Rameswaram, about 33 km from the Indian coast. It is about 62 km southwest of Jaffna, at the northern tip of Sri Lanka, and 24 km away from the inhabited Delft Island, belonging to Sri Lanka.