Andaman And Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, separating the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, comprise two main island groups; the Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Islands. The islands are located in the Bay of Bengal and are possessed by India. Andaman and Nicobar Islands consist of 572 islands, of which only 38 have permanent populations. In 2004, a tsunami, triggered by an earthquake in the nearby Indian Ocean, severely damaged the islands, drawing global attention.
Location
Map showing the location of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are located on the Bay of Bengal’s southeastern edge. The two island groups, Nicobar Island and its northern neighbor, form an arc that stretches towards the south for about 1,000 kilometers between Sumatra (Indonesia) and Myanmar. The arc also forms a boundary between the Andaman Sea on the east and the Bay of Bengal on the west.
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Placing India’s secular-democratic constitution in the background, while the six priests from Sringeri Math in Karnataka were chanting mantras from the Vedas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed “
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In his usual style, he even quoted from Guru Nanak: “
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Emphasising the point, the Prime Minister said that democracy was the soul of India.