![]() North Sentinel Island is home to one of the most isolated paleolithic tribes of the world ![]() The nesting population of Leatherback turtles in Nicobar is one of the few colonies that exceeds 1,000 individuals in the Indo-Pacific, and is hence of global importance.ĥ. The largest sea turtles in the world nest hereĪndaman and Nicobar Islands have India’s best nesting beaches for three species of marine turtles – Hawksbill, Green turtle and world’s largest sea turtle, the Leatherback (Dermocheleys Coriacea). In the first postal issue of the year 2000, India Post issued a commemorative stamp depicting the first sunrise of the millennium at Katchal.Ĥ. Katchal, a tiny island near Nicobar was virtually unknown till the Royal Greenwich Laboratory declared that it would be the first inhabited place on earth to catch the rays of the first sunrise of the millennium. Katchal Island received the first sun rise of the millenium Andaman Creole Hindi is also widely used as a trade language in the Andaman islands.ģ. The most widely spoken language on the islands is Bengali followed by Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. The most widely spoken language on the islands is not Andamanese or Nicobarese The name Nicobar seems to be a corruption of the South Indian term ‘Nakkavaram’ (Land of the Naked) as indicated in the great Tanjore inscription of AD 1050.Ģ. The name Andaman is presumed to be derived from Hanuman, who was known to the Malays as Handuman. ![]() The names ‘Andaman’ and ‘Nicobar’ are taken from the Malay Language Here are 20 incredibly interesting facts about these islands.ġ.
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