PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
COASTAL PLAINS
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Kavaratti
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Thiruvananthapuram
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Port Blair
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Panaji
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Detailed explanation-1: -Port Blair is the capital of the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. It is located on the east coast of the South Andaman Island.
Detailed explanation-2: -Complete answer: Port Blair is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, an association region of India in the Bay of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-3: -Port Blair (on South Andaman Island) is the territorial capital. Situated on the ancient trade route between India and Myanmar, the Andamans were visited by the navy of the English East India Company in 1789, and in 1872 they were linked administratively by the British to the Nicobar Islands.
Detailed explanation-4: -Port Blair is about 778 miles (1, 255 km) from Kolkata (Calcutta) and some 738 miles (1, 191 km) from Chennai (Madras). The city lies on the hilly southeastern Andaman Sea coast of South Andaman Island.
Detailed explanation-5: -The city was named after Captain Archibald Blair, a British colonial navy official of the East India Company. In 1789, on the instructions of the Government of Bengal, he founded a penal colony in the site and named it Port Cornwallis, after the name of his commander.