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INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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What was the earlier name of Lakshadweep Islands?
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Minicoy
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Amindive
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Laccadive
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All of these
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Lakshadweep, formerly (1956–73) Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, union territory of India.
Detailed explanation-2: -The name Lakshadweep in Malayalam and Sanskrit means ‘a hundred thousand islands’. India’s smallest Union Territory Lakshadweep is an archipelago consisting of 36 islands with an area of 32 sq km.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is an archipelago of 36 islands in the Arabian sea, located 200 to 440 km (120 to 270 mi) off the Malabar Coast. The name Lakshadweep means “one lakh islands” (one hundred thousand islands) in Malayalam and Sanskrit, though the Laccadive Islands are just one part of the archipelago of no more than a hundred islands.
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