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INDIAN POLITICS
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Diu Island
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Divar Island
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Lakshadweep Island
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India consisting of 572 islands, of which 37 are inhabited, at the junction of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The territory is about 150 km (93 mi) north of Aceh in Indonesia and separated from Thailand and Myanmar by the Andaman Sea.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is one of the seven union territories of India, are a group of islands at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. It comprises two island groups, the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands, separated by the 10°N parallel.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie to the South-East of the Indian mainland in the Bay of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.