Andaman and Nicobar Islands lying in the Bay of Bengal is not just a replica of
the mainland India. The Islands are a place having Independent cultural values, norms,
and practices which is omnipresent in most aspects of islanders life (Zehmisch, 2017).
The Islands stay detached from the outside world for a long period. A gathering of 572
islands including islets and rocks, the two gatherings of islands are isolated by the 10
degree channel. The Andaman gathering of Islands deceives the north of 10 degree
channel while the Nicobar gathering of Islands toward the south. The capital of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the Andaman's residential area of Port Blair.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a sum of 572 islands including islets and rocks,
scattered over in around 8,073 km2. The Islands were for the most part involved by
the native individuals, particularly from the Negrito and Mongoloid clan. It was amid
the year 1857 when Britishers set up a punitive settlement state at the Islands and
individuals began thinking about the presence of such a gathering of Islands. The
Islands were famously known as "Kala Pani-Black waters" situated in the Bay of
Bengal was then a piece of Bengal Presidency.
