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From: Mandeep Singh Bajwa <>
Subject: Re: [India-L] Port Blair
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 07:15:18 +0000 (GMT)
In-Reply-To: <00cf01c1aeec$f2c9a260$761232d2@vijayshukla>


Port Blair was famous for deporting mainland India
> prisoners in the world


This should read infamous !

Mandeep Bajwa

--- VIJAY SHUKLA <> wrote:
> Dear Aubry,
> Port Blair is the headquarters of the present day
> Union Territory of Andaman
> and Nicobar Islands which comprises 572
> islands,islets and rocks, of which
> only 38 are inhabited. These Islands form a 700 km
> stretch from North to
> South, resembling a broken arc. Situated in the Bay
> of Bengal, the islands
> are 1200 km from the mainland.
> Ships sail from Calcutta every 10 days and from
> Visakhapatnam once in 3
> months. Many private sailing boats are available
> from Calcutta and Chennai.
> Jet Airways operates everyday, Alliance Air operates
> flights four days a
> week and Indian Airlines thrice weekly from
> Calcutta.
>
> famous Cellular Jails during British Raj, popularly
> known in Hindi as "Kala
> Pani". Even today the Cellular Jails are visited as
> a tourist spot. Many of
> the Gandhian freedom fighters were locked in the
> Port Blair Jail.
>
> With best wishes
> Vijay Shukla
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Aubry <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 10:27 AM
> Subject: [India-L] Port Blair
>
>
> > Dear listers
> >
> > a quick question as to where Port Blair is, and a
> rather fetching
> question, is their anyone who holds a list of ship
> arrivals.
> >
> > I have the date of 5 Nov 1905 as arriving in India
> for Edward (Dick )
> Kenny who was depot cmdr at Port Blair ?, but no
> idea where he landed, or
> where he left from
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Aubry
> >
> >
> >
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