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6 unusual facts about Port Blair


Action of 26 July 1806

All three captured ships were taken over by prize crews and brought to Port Cornwallis on South Andaman Island.

Japanese cruiser Chōkai

After repairs, the Chōkai was once again assigned to a support role in an invasion, this time the landings at Iri, Sumatra, and the invasion of the Andaman Islands and the seizure of Port Blair a few days later.

Japanese cruiser Kashii

From 24 July 1943 - 22 August 1943, Kashii made two transport runs carrying troops and supplies to Port Blair and Car Nicobar.

Japanese cruiser Sendai

At the end of March, Sendai covered the landing of one battalion of the IJA's 18th Infantry Division at Port Blair, Andaman Islands.

Port Blair

In 1789 the government of Bengal established a penal colony on Chatham Island in the southeast bay of Great Andaman, named Port Blair to honor Lieutenant Archibald Blair of the British East India Company.

After two years, the colony moved to the northeast part of Great Andaman and was named Port Cornwallis after Admiral William Cornwallis.


Viper Island

Viper Island is near Port Blair in Andaman district in the Andaman Islands, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India and was the site of the jail where the British used to imprison convicts and political prisoners.


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