Andaman And Nicobar Island

The Andaman Islands are a group of islands in the Bay of Bengal, and are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India. Port Blair is the chief community on the islands, and the administrative centre of the Union Territory. The Andaman Islands form a single administrative district within the Union Territory, the Andaman district (the Nicobar district was separated and established as a new district in 1974). The population of the Andamans was 314,084 in 2001.

People
Main article: Andamanese
The Andamanese is a collective term to describe the peoples who are the aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands, located in the Bay of Bengal. The term includes the Great Andamanese, Jarawa, Onge, Shompens, Sentinelese and the extinct Jangil. Anthropologically they are usually classified as Negritos, represented also by the Semang of Malaysia and the Aeta of the Philippines.
For information on the indigenous languages, see Andamanese languages.

Air transport
A small airport in Port Blair (IXZ) serves flights from the Indian cities of Kolkata (Calcutta) (CCU) and Chennai (Madras) (MAA). Fares are high during peak seasons of spring and winter, but fares have been decreased over the time due to large expansion of aviation industry in India. Now going to Andaman through air is almost equal to the fares given via ship route.
This Airport has been named after indian freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as "Veer Damodar Savarkar Airport". This airport is under control of Indian Air Force, so due to security reasons night flights are not allowed on Port Blair.

References
^ History of Andaman Cellular Jail
^ Kala Pani (1996)
^ List of Revolutionaries
^ The Hindu : Opinion / News Analysis : Hundred years of the Andamans Cellular Jail
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.